Washington 0
13 January 2022

The Iraqi military reported that several rockets had targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; two were reportedly intercepted and two civilians injured in the incident. The Embassy confirmed that its “compound was attacked… by terrorist groups attempting to undermine Iraq’s security, sovereignty and international relations”, adding: “These sorts of reprehensible attacks are an assault not just on diplomatic facilities, but on the sovereignty of Iraq itself”.

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