{"id":134478,"date":"2026-03-17T05:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/fire-erupts-at-us-embassy-in-baghdad-after-attack-china-daily\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:02:53","slug":"fire-erupts-at-us-embassy-in-baghdad-after-attack-china-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/fire-erupts-at-us-embassy-in-baghdad-after-attack-china-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire erupts at US embassy in Baghdad after attack \u2013 China Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD \u2013 Facilities inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad\u2019s Green Zone caught fire after the embassy was attacked early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two booby-trapped drones landed within the embassy perimeter and the subsequent explosions sparked a fire visible from outside the complex, a source from Iraq\u2019s Interior Ministry told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Sirens were activated immediately across the site during the assault, while the embassy\u2019s defense system failed to intercept the incoming drones, said the source.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports about casualties and the resulting blaze indicates material damage to the facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy was subjected to multiple rounds of attacks from Monday evening to the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Zone in central Baghdad houses Iraqi government buildings, the parliament and several foreign missions, including the US embassy. The heavily fortified zone has been a frequent target of rocket and mortar fire in recent years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD \u2013 Facilities inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad\u2019s Green Zone caught fire after the embassy was attacked early Tuesday. Two booby-trapped drones landed within the embassy perimeter and the subsequent explosions sparked a fire visible from outside the complex, a source from Iraq\u2019s Interior Ministry told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Sirens were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}