Rocket attacks target US embassy in Baghdad

At least four rockets targeted the US Embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, two Iraqi security officials said.

The area is home to diplomatic missions and the seat of Iraq's government. Three of the missiles struck within the perimeter of the American Embassy, the officials said. Another hit a school located in a nearby residential complex.

The statement said the rockets had been launched from the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad. The US Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement that its compound had been attacked by "terrorists groups attempting to undermine Iraq's security, sovereignty, and international relations.”

 The attack is the latest in a series of rocket and drone attacks that have targeted the American presence in Iraq since the start of the year.