Iran rejects accusation of link to violent protests at US embassy in Iraq, as US deploys more forces to the area
1 year agoU.S. helicopters fly over the skies of Baghdad to protect the embassy in the Green Zone
1 year agoMore than 100 U.S. Marines have arrived at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad to bolster security after Iranian-backed militiamen attempted to breach the compound (video: USMC)
1 year agoAfter burning of the United States embassy gates, Iraqi CT units deployed in full force around the embassy perimeter. Baghdad
The US embassy in Baghdad wasn't stormed and there are no plans to evacuate it - Department of State
Pentagon deploying extra troops to Baghdad for embassy security
Iraq is committed to keeping the sanctity of the US embassy in line with the Vienna relationship accord - MFA
[email protected]: To those many millions of people in Iraq who want freedom and who don't want to be dominated and controlled by Iran, this is your time
Baghdad US embassy has been locked down but not evacuated. And the ambassador is out of the country on vacation, a spokesperson tells CNN
1 year agoTahrir Square protesters from the Turkish restaurant announce they are not connected to the ongoing events near the US Embassy.
[email protected]: Iran killed an American contractor, wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will. Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible. In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified
Iraqi Prime Minister: Any aggression or harassment of embassies and representations is an act that will be strictly prevented by the security forces and punished by law.
Iraqi Prime Minister Abdulmahdi asks the KataibHezbollah supporters to leave the US embassy premiters in Baghdad
Iraqi Minister Of Interior Affairs and a number of MPs have arrived to the vicinity of the American embassy in Baghdad
1 year agoHezbollah protesters filming U.S. Embassy protection forces through glass window
1 year agoFootage of United States protection force at the Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq
Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters from the US embassy
Special forces arrive in the green zone
1 year agoIraqi security forces heading to the US Embassy in Baghdad
1 year agoDemonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
1 year agoGuard post has been set on fire in front of United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq
1 year agoSecurity box near wall of U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad set on fire by pro-Hezbollah protesters
Iraqi Hezbollah: not intention to attack Embassy, but the sit-in continue until the embassy is closed and the U.S. ambassador is expelled
1 year agoPro-Hezbollah protesters smashing windows in security box near walls of U.S. Embassy complex in Green Zone Baghdad
1 year agoOutside walls of United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq
1 year agoVideo of march towards U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
1 year agoDhuhr (Noon) prayer outside the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone.
1 year agoQais Al Khazali, Hadi Al Amri and members of Kataib Hizbulla and other PMF and Militia units are marching in front of the U.S Embassy in Baghdad with a plan of a sit in to request the closure of the Embassy
1 year agoThe protesters write on the wall of U.S. embassy "closed in the name of the people"
1 year ago"No to America, No to Saudis" A group of protesters mainly Hashd AlShaabi (PMF) members carrying Kataeb Hezbollah's & Iraqi flags have managed (or were allowed in) to pass the checkpoints and reach the US embassy in Green zone Baghdad
1 year agoA mass march of the teachers union in Babil Governorate
1 year agoProtesters put the banner on the gate of the Najaf municipality
1 year agoPreparing the tents for the sit-in outside the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone. Iraq
1 year agoMourners of Shiite fighters killed in the US airstrikes are protesting outside the US Embassy inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Some are erecting tents for sit-in Iraq
1 year agoNow, Hezbollah loyalists in front of the American embassy in Baghdad
Supporters of the Iraqi Hezbollah begin erecting sit-in tents in front of the gate of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad
1 year agoHundreds, perhaps thousands of PMF have crossed the hanging bridge towards the fortified Green Zone, chanting anti-American slogans
1 year agoMassive funerals begin in Baghdad for Iraqi Hezbollah members killed in US airstrikes two days ago
1 year agoSecurity forces beat protesting engineers in front of the Shuaiba refinery in the Zubair district of Basra Governorate
Al Hadath sources: The U.S. ambassador and the remaining embassy staff left Baghdad through the international airport
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry refuses to comment on the reports about the departure of the American ambassador
1 year agoUS Department of State:
[email protected] spoke with Saudi Crown Prince MbS concerning the attacks on Coalition Forces. They agreed that the Iranian government and its proxies are a destabilizing force and that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia will continue working together to address this threat
An army soldier was killed in an attack by unknown assailants on a security point on the outskirts of Mandali district, east of Diyala Governorate.
In Iraq, unknown armed group kills activist in Nasiriya
U.S. planes are back to the skies over the Qaim area and the Iraqi-Syrian borders
A policeman was killed by an armed attack by unknown persons, in the center of Khalis, north of Diyala Governorate.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summons the US ambassador over latest US bombardment on PMF's Kataib Hezbollah in Qaim, Anbar
US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook: US strikes target weapons depots and sites used to launch attacks against Americans and Iraqis
US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook: Our forces in Iraq have been attacked by 11 Iranian agents
US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook: Trump has made clear repeatedly that we will defend ourselves if we are attacked
Prominent Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr asks all the political parties to unite to expel the US forces through legal procedures. if failed "then I'm ready for other options"
Muqtada al-Sadr: We previously warned against the consequences of plunging Iraq into regional conflicts
Russia slams 'unacceptable' US air strikes, Hezbollah rocket attacks in Iraq and Syria
1 year ago[email protected] today: "this was a defensive action designed to protect American forces and American citizens in Iraq, and it was aimed also at deterring Iran. This was an Iranian-backed rogue militia acting to deny the Iraqi people their basic sovereignty."
Iraqi Acting Prime Minister: We have repeatedly emphasized our refusal that Iraq be a battleground or a party to any regional or international conflict
Iraq National Security Council calls for a review of the relationship and security work contexts with the international coalition
Iraqi acting PM Abdul-Mahdi: US air strikes on PMU sites will have serious consequences
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi: US air strikes on the "Iraqi armed forces" violate Iraqi sovereignty
Iraqi Security Council: US raids violate the rules of operation of the coalition forces
Iraqi Acting PM Abdul-Mahdi: the Iraqi government's position on the American bombing will be announced after the National Security Council meeting
1 year agoKRG Ministry of Health says three have died of flu in Region so far this season. Advises people to get vaccinated at health centers
Israel's PM Netanyahu spoke on the phone with @SecPompeo and congratulated him on recent US airstrikes
1 year agoIraqi president @BarhamSalih receives Iranian ambassador to Iraq to discuss about forming new government and last US attack against pro Iran forces near Anbar
Iranian Revolutionary Guards: The American attack on the PMU is terrorist attack and revenge is a natural right for the Iraqi forces
Iraqi Shia authority stresses the need to respect Iraqi sovereignty
1 year agoTwo outlawed PKK members who captured by Turkish Intel and Turkish security forces in Qandil, Iraq brought to Van, Turkey
1 year agoSome of the damage in Al-Qa'im airstrikes by US on Kata'ib Hezbollah bases
1 year agoDemonstrators in Najaf governorate raise banners to dismiss a number of directors of government departments
5 students were killed after an explosive device detonated as they were leaving their school in Naeemi area of Fallujah
1 year ago@obretix: Geolocation of the third Kataib Hezbollah site targeted by US airstrike on the border to Syria, about 20km southeast of al-Qaim, Iraq
