A missile struck the US Embassy in Baghdad Friday night, hitting a helipad on the sprawling compound that Iranian-backed militants have repeatedly targeted since the conflict in the Middle East began.

"Americans face a risk of kidnapping, and U.S. individuals have been directly targeted," the U.S. embassy in Baghdad warned.

Another drone reportedly strikes power plant in Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, causing power outages - Anadolu Ajansı

This incident followed a previous drone strike on the US embassy, escalating regional tensions amid ongoing conflicts involving US and Iran.

Iraq's Kurdish ​authorities said on Sunday that Baghdad had failed to address security and economic challenges facing ‌their oil sector, rejecting an accusation that they were refusing to allow crude exports through a regional pipeline.

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq was struck by a missile earlier on Saturday, with no reported injuries, several outlets reported. The missile attack destroyed the embassy’s air defence system, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera.

A drone attacked the US embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, confirmed by an Iraqi security official and witnessed by an AFP journalist who saw smoke rising from the complex.

A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, reports said. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. had carried out a bombing raid on Iran’s Kharg Island,