Baghdad, MINA – The US embassy in Baghdad on Thursday (April 2) urged American citizens to leave Iraq immediately due to the heightened risk of attacks by Iran-backed militias.
The embassy’s security alert said those groups may seek to carry out attacks in central Baghdad within the next two days, with US citizens, businesses, universities and diplomatic sites among the potential targets.
Militias may also look to attack “energy infrastructure, hotels, airports and other locations perceived to be associated with the United States, as well as Iraqi institutions and civilian targets”, the embassy said. The National reported.
The warning comes after a wave of attacks against US interests in Iraq since the start of the Iran war on February 28. Iran-backed groups claimed responsibility for those attacks, vowing to support Tehran and avenge the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Drone and rocket attacks have been carried out on the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, a logistics hub at Baghdad International Airport used by US military personnel, Harir Air Base, which houses American troops, and the US consulate in Erbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
The US has also launched strikes against militias and security personnel, including the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), with more than 100 fighters killed and about 300 injured since the outbreak of the conflict. []
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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