Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh categorically dismissed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeos irresponsible anti-Iran allegations. "We strongly refute @SecPompeos irresponsible anti-#Iran accusations, which blatantly aim to create tension,"Khatibzadeh tweeted on Monday. Iran rejects any attack on diplomatic missions. The ...

MNA � Sources reported a rocket attack on the US embassy in Baghdad on Sunday night. A number of Media outlets reported that the US embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad was attacked by rockets. According to reports, four Katyusha rockets were fired at the embassy.

RT - At least one rocket fell near Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other diplomatic compounds in Iraq, according to reports, possibly marking the first attack on the facility in weeks. The explosion set off sirens at the US Embassy compound on Tuesday morning, local media said. The rocket was fired from an ...

Bloomberg - Five Katyusha rockets were fired at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad Sunday night, one directly hitting the U.S. Embassy building, Iraqs security forces reported. U.S. helicopters were seen evacuating injured people, al-Sumaria News reported, citing an anonymous security official.The State Department released a statement that did ...

Reuters - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that all public consular operations were suspended, a day after Iraqi people stormed its outer perimeter, setting fires, throwing rocks and smashing surveillance cameras. Due to militia attacks at the U.S. Embassy compound, all public consular operations are suspended until further notice. ...

The Guardian | Julian Borger: Up to 3,000 soldiers to be sent in as pro-Iran militants leave US embassy in Iraqi capital Iranian-backed militants have ended a day-long siege of the American embassy in Baghdad following an order from their militia organisation, but the struggle between the US and Iran for influence in Iraq looked set to intensify ...

RT - Some 750 paratroopers from the US Armys 82nd Airborne Division are already on their way to Kuwait, and more may soon follow, after the US Embassy in Baghdad was stormed and nearly taken by angry Iraqi militiamen. The 82nds alert brigade was ordered to deploy on Tuesday evening, Fox News reported, citing multiple Pentagon officials, shortly ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: One day after a deadly US airstrike which killed 25 militiamen, members of several Iraqi paramilitary groups aligned with Iran marched on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, breaching the outer wall of the compound, which is set behind multiple checkpoints in the heavily guarded Green Zone. Facing no resistance ...

RT - Anti-American sentiment has taken deep root in Iraqi society and ultimately fueled the fiery siege of the US Embassy in Baghdad, as the locals blame Washington for the sorry state of Iraq, military and political analysts tell RT. Chanting Death to America and Death to Israel, a crowd of protesters surrounded the US diplomatic mission on Tuesday,...

The Guardian | Julian Borger: Mobbing of US embassy after US strikes on state-sanctioned militia show Americas plan of maximum pressure only added to chaos The mobbing of a US embassy has historically served as an emblem of America in decline, so the scenes around the embattled mission in Baghdad are a fitting end to the decade. Tuesdays events ...

The Washington Post |Max Boot: To call the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad merely a diplomatic mission is to severely understate its scope and size. At 104 acres, the compound is nearly the size of Vatican City and comes complete with its own dormitories, dining halls, electrical plant, fire department and everything else needed to support the thousands of ...

Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive them away. The protests mark a new turn in the shadow war between Washington and Tehran playing out across the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Reuters - Thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered on Tuesday outside the main gate of the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq. U.S. forces carried out air strikes on Sunday against the Kataib Hezbollah militia in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor ...

Sputnik - An explosion has reportedly taken place near the Green Zone close to the embassy area on Sunday. Rockets landed in the Iraqi capital in the vicinity of the United States embassy on Sunday, Sky News Arabia reported citing its source. Iraqi authorities have not yet commented on the incident. However, Reuters cited two Baghdad-based diplomatic ...