BAGHDAD (AP) — At least three rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, Iraqi security officials said, sparking fears of renewed unrest as next month's anniversary of the slaying of an Iranian general draws n
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BAGHDAD (AP) — The Trump administration has warned Iraq that it will close its embassy in Baghdad if the government does not take swift and decisive action to end persistent rocket and other attacks by Iranian-backed militias and rogue armed elements on American and allied interests in the...
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – Iraq’s anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah says the US turned its embassy compound at the heavily fortified Green Zone in the center of Baghdad into a military and security command center, conspiring against the Iraqi nation. Abu Ali al-Askari, a senior security...
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have broken down the gate of the US embassy in Baghdad in an attempt to storm the compound - an attack Donald Trump has claimed was orchestrated by Iran. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the Pentagon was sending extra forces to support personnel at the ...
Rockets landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, officials said, causing damage in the area. The Associated Press reported that two Katuysha rockets touched down in and around the Green Zone in Baghdad, an area that includes the embassy. The
Hundreds of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters hurled stones at theU.S. Embassy in Baghdadfor a second day on Wednesday and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive them away. The protests, led by Iranian-backed militias, mark a new turn in the shadow war between W...
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Arab media reported that a military base at the US embassy in Baghdad was targeted by drones.
inLatest News,World News Reading Time: 3 mins read AA Supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups began to withdraw from the US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, a day after they stormed the outer perimeter, forcing Washington to dispatch extra troops and threaten reprisals against Iran. ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made no mention of a plan to “blow up” the US Embassy in Baghdad in an interview today, instead referring to the intelligence community assessment that it was “a big attack.” “It was going to be against the United States of America, likely in the regi...