Author Archives: Joe Truzman & David Daoud

Joe Truzman is an editor and senior research analyst at FDD's Long War Journal focused primarily on Palestinian armed groups and non-state actors in the Middle East. David Daoud is senior fellow at at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he focuses on Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon affairs.

Rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad after Iraqi Shiite militia group issues threat over war in Lebanon

| March 8, 2026

The day before an attack on the US Embassy on March 7, the Coordination Committee of the Iraqi Resistance had issued a statement warning that continued strikes on Beirut’s Dahiyeh area would elicit attacks against embassies and oil companies in the region. The ultimatum follows repeated Israeli strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure and personnel in Beirut’s southern suburbs after Hezbollah entered the war on March 2.