A missile struck the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, last night, hitting a helipad on the sprawling compound. The projectile breached Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to Iraqi government buildings and foreign embassies. The attack took place shortly after two Iran-backed fighters were killed in strikes on Iraq’s capital. There was no immediate comment from the US Embassy in Baghdad.

The Iranian state broadcaster reported that a suicide drone was used to target the radar system at the US embassy in Baghdad. The report indicated that the mission specifically focused on the electronic detection equipment situated within the diplomatic mission’s compound. Iraq has long been a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran.