According to Fox News, a senior U.S. official confirmed that the Embassy in Baghdad was hit by a rocket on Sunday evening. This was a result of the latest attack on the American base in Iraq.

Officials from Pentagon ensured the public that all had been accounted for and there had been no reports of deaths.

On a Twitter post, Hoshyar Zebari, a former Deputy Minister said that the rocket attack had been initiated by an “unruly militia” and reported that the embassy’s dining hall had been damaged and burned. Zebari blamed the PMF or Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iranian-backed militia, as forces responsible for the attack.

“The Embassy restaurant or canteen was damaged and burned. This is a very dangerous game by #PMF uncontrolled factions to galvanize the tense situation. It must stop,” Zebari tweeted.

In a statement, the U.S. Department said that “The security situation remains tense and Iranian-backed armed groups remain a threat. So, we remain vigilant,” In another incident, the terrorists targeted a riverbank in the city’s Green Zone, as five rockets crashed in the area. Fortunately, the incident did not cause any injuries or damages, as confirmed on a report by the U.S. Joint Operations Command.

Even Iraq Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi detested the rocket attacks against the U.S. embassy. In his statement, the prime minister confirmed Iraq’s commitment to “protecting all diplomatic missions.” As of the moment, there have been growing tensions in the city as protesters flocked into the streets that same day. Protesters continued to fight against the advice of a powerful religious leader who backed out from his support into the anti-government sentiment. The Shiite cleric, Muqtada Sadr, took the political unrest as an opportunity to use his influence in demanding that American troops withdraw from Iraq. Going to such extent as holding an anti-U.S. rally. However, political analysts claimed that Sadr, used his religious influence to stage the anti-U.S. protest to gain an advantage in politics, as negotiations among Iraq’s elites runs high, in selecting their next premier.

The protests had been simmering since October, and over Sadr’s leadership, almost 500 protesters had been killed in the months of rallying.

To contain the situation, security forces have to throw tear gas and fire live rounds, as the crowds disperse from Baghdad’s Khilani Square. During the demonstration, one protester was killed and six were recorded to be wounded after the live rounds were fired in Wathba Square that evening.

In fact, Iraqi security forces claimed that at least 28 demonstrators were wounded during the early hours of Sunday rallies.

The series of attacks happened after Iran launched ballistic missiles on two American military stations in Iraq, as a response to a drone strike which killed one of Iran’s top military general, Qassem Soleimani. While there has been no reported death on Sunday’s incident, dozens of troops had suffered from the brain injury on the missiles that hit the American military stations.