Drone crashed near US diplomats in Baghdad

‎A drone crashed near a group of US diplomats at Baghdad International Airport earlier this week, Iraqi officials said, as they were escorting an American journalist recently released by Kataeb Hezbollah resistance group.

‎On Thursday, the US State Department described the incident as an “ambush of US diplomats in Baghdad,” announcing it had summoned Iraq’s ambassador to Washington to convey its “strong condemnation.”

‎Iraqi security officials said “the diplomatic support center was targeted on Wednesday by three drones.”

‎“One of them fell at least 50 meters from a diplomatic team accompanying the American journalist Shelly Kittleson,” they added.

US bases in Iraq, Syria come under drone attacks by resistance fighters

Fighters from regional resistance groups reportedly carry out operations against American bases in Iraq and Syria.

‎Kittleson, who had been held for a week by the powerful Kataeb Hezbollah resistance group, was released on Tuesday on the condition that she leave the country immediately.

‎The incident comes amid heightened regional tensions. Since the United States and Israel launched an illegal war against Iran on February 28, Iraqi resistance groups have carried out near-daily attacks on US-linked assets in Iraq and across the region.

The US embassy in Baghdad, along with a logistical and diplomatic center inside the city’s airport, has been repeatedly targeted.

‎However, resistance groups said they had suspended retaliatory operations against enemy bases following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on Tuesday night.

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