Iraqi militant factions launched coordinated drone and rocket strikes against the US Embassy in Baghdad and Camp Victoria, prompting the complete lockdown of the Green Zone.
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US Bases and Embassies Under Fire in Iraq
In retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, militant factions within the "Axis of Resistance" drastically escalated their attacks on American diplomatic and military installations in Iraq. Heavy drone and missile barrages targeted Camp Victoria near Baghdad Airport and the US Embassy situated within the highly fortified Green Zone, prompting Iraqi authorities to completely shut down the district.
Arabic Media: Resistance Claims and Casualties
Arabic channels aligned with Iraqi Shia militias claimed direct, fatal hits. The group "Saraya Awliya al-Dam" explicitly claimed to have killed six American soldiers and severely wounded four others at Camp Victoria using "Al-Qari'a" rockets. Channels characterized the attacks as legitimate resistance against the "occupying American presence." Mainstream Arabic news also reported that US Central Command acknowledged approximately 200 American troop casualties across the region since the war began, though most had returned to duty.
Hebrew and Farsi Media: Air Defenses and Regional Coordination
Hebrew media focused on the defensive capabilities of the US forces, sharing "amazing documentation" of American C-RAM air defense systems actively engaging suicide drones over the Baghdad embassy compound. Meanwhile, Farsi state-aligned media boasted of the coordinated nature of the strikes, reporting that simultaneous drone and ballistic missile attacks targeted US forces not only in Erbil and Baghdad but also in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Arabic militia channels project offensive superiority by claiming specific US fatalities, whereas Hebrew media frames the same events around the visual spectacle of successful American air defense interceptions.