politics
March 17, 2026
Baghdad: Italian Soldiers Urgently Evacuated After Drone Attack
Several Italian soldiers were evacuated on Monday evening from Baghdad after the latest in a series of air strikes that caused material damage but no casualties, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said today.
TL;DR
- Several Italian soldiers were evacuated from Baghdad to Kurdistan.
- A drone hit the hotel where the soldiers were staying, causing material damage but no injuries.
- An Italian drone was destroyed in a drone attack on an airbase in Kuwait.
- An Italian base in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, was also attacked previously without injuries.
- Remains of a missile, likely intercepted by Israeli systems, fell on a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon.
- Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed the evacuations.