The US State Department announced the allocation of a financial reward of $3 million to anyone who provides information useful in uncovering the circumstances of the attacks that targeted its diplomatic missions in Iraqi territory.
Since the start of the military operations that began with an American-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, and expanded to include Iraq and neighboring countries, Iraqi armed factions pledging allegiance to Iran, known as the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” have claimed responsibility for a series of daily attacks using drones and missiles, targeting bases inside Iraq and the region.
These factions repeatedly targeted the Diplomatic Support Center and the US Embassy in Baghdad, but air defense systems were able to confront most of these attacks, in which missiles and drones were used.
On the other hand, the headquarters of these factions were subjected to air strikes attributed to the United States and Israel.
On Monday evening, the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” issued a statement stating that “firing Grad missiles at the enemy’s bases and camps located inside the city of Baghdad endangers the lives of innocent civilians,” affirming its “rejection of the use of this type of weapon,” and emphasizing that “the presence of American forces inside the city constitutes a major source of danger to its residents.”
These attacks come after a joint announcement between Iraq and the United States, on Friday, about “intensifying security cooperation” between the two countries with the aim of preventing attacks on Iraqi security forces and American interests.
It is noteworthy that the attacks on the American embassy in Baghdad had stopped since March 18. The next day, the pro-Iranian Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades announced the suspension of targeting the embassy for a period of 5 days under certain conditions, and then this deadline was extended twice, the last of which was on Friday evening.
However, on Saturday evening, Iraqi air defenses were able to intercept two drones that were heading towards the embassy, as two security officials told Agence France-Presse.
