BAGHDAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. embassy in Iraq, located in Baghdad's Green Zone, was attacked early Tuesday, and facilities inside the compound caught fire.
An Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that two booby-trapped drones landed within the embassy perimeter and the subsequent explosions sparked a fire visible from outside the complex.
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad was subjected to multiple rounds of attacks from Monday evening to the early hours of Tuesday. ■
