US embassy in Iraq hit in missiles attack - report
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaThe U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was hit in a missiles attack, Iraqi security sources said on Saturday.
The attack caused smoke to rise from the embassy's building, the sources said.
An Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera that the attack destroyed part of its air defence system, without giving further details.
A missile struck a helipad inside the US Embassy in Baghdad, two security officials told The Associated Press news agency.
The projectile landed within the embassy’s boundaries in the Green Zone, the heavily fortified district in central Baghdad that houses Iraqi government institutions and foreign embassies, the security officials added.