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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq has identified links between several of the perpetrators of a Dec. 7 multiple rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and some of the country's security services, a ...
SPMAGTF-CR-CC arrive in Baghdad to reinforce the U.S. embassy, 31 December 2019. After the news of the embassy compound's perimeter breach, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that reinforcements were en route to the compound and urged the Iraqi government to "fulfill its international responsibilities" and protect the facility. [26]
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Seconded staff at the Swedish embassy in Baghdad have been temporarily withdrawn for security reasons after it was stormed by Iraqis, Sweden said on Friday, amid persistent ...
Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government and lawmakers on Friday to close the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in response to Washington's "unfettered support" for Israel. The ...
This building remained the embassy until the Six-Day War of 1967, when many Arab countries broke off diplomatic relations with the United States. In 1972, the embassy became the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) of the Belgian Embassy to Iraq, as Belgium was the protecting power for the United States presence in Iraq.
As night fell, fighting worsened in the city with militia fighters firing several rockets into the Green Zone. The C-RAM air defence system belonging to the US embassy in Baghdad was also reportedly heard. By morning, Iraqi security forces had pushed protestors out of the Republican Palace [8] and shut down government offices. [1]
The commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia is vowing more attacks on US interests in Iraq after the US Embassy in Baghdad came under mortar fire.
Map of Iraqi diplomatic missions. This is a list of diplomatic missions of Iraq.Iraq maintains a network of diplomatic missions abroad. While the country has re-opened its missions in Washington, London, Tehran and the capitals of other states it was previously hostile to, Iraq does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.