The US embassy in Baghdad was attacked by two rocket salvos on Friday morning, but there were no casualties, a spokesman for the diplomatic mission said, Reuters reports, citing Agerpres.

The explosions rang out on Friday, around 4 o’clock in the morning, near the embassy, ​​located in the center of the Iraqi capital. This is evidenced by videos published on social networks, sirens were immediately turned on, asking people to take cover.

It is the first missile attack on the embassy since a group of Shiite Muslim militias aligned with Iran attacked US troops stationed at military bases in Iraq and neighboring Syria in mid-October.

The armed groups, which operate under the name “Islamic Resistance of Iraq”, have linked more than 70 such attacks to the support that Washington offers to Israel in the devastating war in the Gaza Strip.

Most likely, Friday’s attack on the US embassy was also carried out by these militias from Iraq, who are allies of Iran, said a spokesman for the US embassy. Neither group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The US Embassy is calling on the Iraqi government to take action against Shiite groups

“We again call on the Iraqi government, as we have repeatedly done, to do everything in its power to protect diplomatic personnel and the personnel and facilities of coalition partners,” the embassy spokesman said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered security services to find the criminals, saying they were “undisciplined groups that do not respect the law and in no way represent the will of the Iraqi people,” according to a statement from his office. .

He also said that undermining Iraq’s stability and reputation and targeting places that Iraq has pledged to defend are acts of terrorism. In addition to diplomatic staff in Iraq, the United States has about 2,500 troops in the country in a mission it says is aimed at advising and assisting local forces trying to prevent the resurgence of the Islamic State.

In 2014, it took control of large areas of Iraq and Syria before being defeated.

“We reiterate that we reserve the right to self-defense and the protection of our personnel anywhere in the world,” a US embassy spokesman said.

The UN mission in Iraq also condemned the attack. “Iraq cannot afford to be drawn into a wider conflict that would threaten its hard-won stability and achievements,” she said in a social media post.