Iraq
Iraqi interior minister visits areas targeted by aerial strikes in Baghdad on April 8, 2026. Photo: interior ministry
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two people were killed and five others wounded in a series of missile strikes and air raids that hit multiple areas of Baghdad late on Tuesday, Iraq’s interior ministry said.
The incidents occurred around 11:00 pm and affected both sides of the capital — Karkh and Rusafa — causing casualties, property damage, and several fires.
In Karkh, a strike near a camp belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Taji area targeted the Iraqi army, wounding a captain and four security personnel who were nearby, according to the ministry. In a separate incident in the Amiriya district, a projectile hit a residential house, killing two civilians.
Elsewhere in Taji’s Sabaa al-Bour area, an unexploded projectile landed near a religious site, prompting the deployment of civil defense teams and explosives experts to safely handle the device.
On the Rusafa side, authorities reported that a civilian vehicle caught fire in the Jamila area, while another vehicle was burned on Maghrib Street. An airstrike on Palestine Street hit a residential home, setting part of its roof ablaze without causing casualties.
Another unexploded projectile fell near student dormitories on Palestine Street, with emergency teams dispatched to secure the site and neutralize the ordnance.
The interior ministry said civil defense units and security forces responded immediately to all incidents, extinguishing fires and securing affected areas. Authorities have launched an urgent investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the attacks.
The attacks come amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
Iraq has increasingly been caught in the crossfire, with Iran-aligned armed groups stepping up drone and missile attacks on US diplomatic missions and military bases, prompting retaliatory strikes on PMF-linked positions.
The Iraqi foreign ministry welcomed a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, which was announced shortly before US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was set to expire.
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