Fire Breaks Out At Baghdad Hotel After Drone Attack Targeting US Embassy In Iraq

Last Updated:March 17, 2026, 01:31 IST

A fire broke out on late Monday on the roof of a hotel in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone after a suspected drone attacked targeted the US embassy.

A fire broke out on late Monday on the roof of a hotel in Baghdad’s Green Zone after a suspected drone attack targeting the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, according to security officials.

Iraq’s interior ministry said there were no casualties after a “projectile" landed on the roof of the hotel in Baghdad. Two Iraqi security sources told AFP that a drone attack had targeted the US embassy, located in the same area as the al-Rasheed Hotel, inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses diplomatic missions and government institutions.

“The Ministry of Interior announces that Civil Defence teams dealt with, this evening, a projectile that fell on the rooftop of the Rashid Hotel in the capital Baghdad," the ministry said on X.

The luxury hotel also houses several other diplomatic missions. Its street was blocked by a large security deployment, with firefighters and ambulances present, as per reports.

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