US to boost security at embassy in Iraq: officialAFP
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has urged American citizens to "depart Iraq immediately" after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian military commander, spiking tension in Iraq and the Middle East.
A former top official at the State Department wrote Thursday that violent protests that targeted the U.S. Embassy in Iraq were the result of President Trump’s foreign policies. Wendy Sherman, former under secretary for political affairs during the Obama
The U.S. Embassy and other parts of the Green Zone in Baghdad were attacked by "terrorist groups" Thursday.
The crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq has calmed down as demonstrators left the area. Violence erupted earlier this week after supporters of Iranian-backed militias attacked the facility. The turmoil has highlighted escalating tensions between the U.S.
The protests also cast uncertainty over the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq. Crowds had rallied on Tuesday to protest against deadly U.S. air strikes on militia bases, setting fires, throwing rocks and smashing surveillance cameras. They did not breach the huge embassy's main com...
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In September, Washington warned Iraq that it will close its embassy in Baghdad if the government fails to take decisive action to end rocket and other attacks by Iranian-backed militias on American and allied interests in the country.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they have l
US officials have not yet officially threatened Iraq to close their embassy, Fuad Hussein said and added, however, the US Secretary of State has expressed concern about rocket attacks on the Washington embassy in Baghdad in a conversation with the Iraqi president. ...