Israel-Hamas war.
Armed factions close to Iran have threatened to attack US interests in Iraq over Washington's support for Israel since Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people in a shock cross-border attack from Gaza on October 7.
Israel's retaliatory bombardment of Gaza has killed more than 4,100 people, according to its Hamas-controlled health ministry.
«We can confirm a rocket attack on US and coalition forces at the Baghdad diplomatic support centre, near the Baghdad international airport, occurred Friday at approximately 2:50 am» (2350 GMT Thursday), a Pentagon official said.
«Initial assessments indicate two rockets were fired. One was intercepted by acounter-rocket system and the other impacted an empty storage facility.