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US offers up to $3m for information about attacks on diplomatic facilities in Iraq

Apr. 01, 2026 • 2 min read
Image of US offers up to $3m for information about attacks on diplomatic facilities in Iraq The seal of the US State Department. Photo: AFP

US diplomatic facilities in the Erbil and Baghdad have been repeatedly targeted by Iran and pro-Iran militias operating in Iraq.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The US State Department on Wednesday offered $3 million for information on Iranian-aligned militia groups responsible for attacks on US diplomatic facilities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

 

Embassies and diplomatic facilities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, particularly the US Embassy in Baghdad, have come under constant drone and rocket attacks by Iran and its Iraqi proxy militias since the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran.

 

The US State Department said, “Your information could make you eligible for relocation and a reward,” in response to renewed attacks on the US Embassy in Baghdad, the US Consulate General in Erbil, and the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center.

 

"If you have information on these attacks, send us your tip," the State Department said, providing a Tor link and telephone number.

 

 

On Tuesday, Iraq’s interior ministry told The New Region that diplomatic missions in the country are “continuing their work” as normal, stressing that state institutions are protected despite the effects of the regional war.

 

The Kurdistan Region has also come under near-daily attacks by pro-Iran militias, with Kurdish authorities repeatedly urging Baghdad to rein them in. 

 

On March 20, the NATO Mission in Iraq said it has relocated all of its personnel to Europe due to the ongoing war, with a pro-Iran militia in Iraq pledging to continue strikes "until the last foreign soldier leaves Iraqi soil."

 

A French soldier was killed after a strike on a Peshmerga base near Erbil earlier this month, with several injured, including a separate drone strike on a military site used by Italian forces in Erbil the night before that caused no casualties.

 

The UAE Consulate General in Erbil has been struck twice by drones since the onset of the war, drawing condemnations from Kurdish and Emirati authorities.

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