"The strike on Monday evening hit the top floor of Al-Rasheed Hotel, causing damage but no casualties, according to two Iraqi security officials cited by The Associated Press (AP) news agency. Security sources told the Reuters news agency that two Katyusha rockets had been intercepted that evening near the US Embassy in the Green Zone, which houses diplomatic missions as well as international institutions and government offices."
"Earlier Monday, the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah announced that Abu Ali Al-Askari, a prominent security official with the paramilitary group, had been killed, without giving details on the circumstances. Kataib Hezbollah is one of the largest groups in the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) operating in Iran, which was founded in 2014 to stop lightning advances by ISIL (ISIS)."
"AP reported that six PMF fighters were killed in a strike on a checkpoint in western Iraq's Anbar province, and two others were killed in a separate strike on the headquarters of a PMF brigade in the same area. Two Iraqi security officials told AP that the Majnoon oilfield in Iraq's southern Basra province was targeted by two drones."
Multiple attacks occurred in Iraq on Monday targeting the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad and military installations. A drone struck Al-Rasheed Hotel's top floor, while two Katyusha rockets were intercepted near the US Embassy. Six PMF fighters died in an Anbar province checkpoint strike, and two others in a separate brigade headquarters attack. The Majnoon oilfield in Basra province was targeted by drones with no reported casualties. These incidents coincided with Kataib Hezbollah announcing the death of security official Abu Ali Al-Askari. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Iraq's oil industry faces severe disruption from ongoing regional tensions and the Strait of Hormuz closure.
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