US Embassy, Ain al-Asad base targeted in Iraq as militias up tension
Following the US strike on militias' bases last week, the US Embassy and Ain al-Asad base were targeted by a drone and rockets.
![This picture taken during a press tour organized by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State shows a bulldozer clearing debris from Ain al-Asad military air base in the western province of Anbar, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1193598082.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=uZem_lY0)
The US Embassy in Baghdad, in the heart of the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, was the intended target of an armed drone the night of July 6. The C-RAM defense system of the embassy was able to bring it down before an attack.
Just hours before, Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province of western Iraq was hit by three rockets. The attack left no casualities.