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A group of 52 lawmakers has lodged a motion with the Iraqi parliament’s presidium to summon Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein over unwarranted “intervention” of US Ambassador Alina Romanowski in the internal affairs of the country, an official correspondence read on Sunday. Several Iraqi factions have voiced criticism over the recent …

The Coordination Framework (CF), an umbrella bloc of Iraqi parties except for the Sadrist Movement, expressed “resentment” of the meeting between the US Ambassador to Baghdad, Alina L. Romanowski, and the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi. The US Ambassador discussed with Al-Mandalawi the agenda for the …

Iraqi sources reported a rocket attack around the US embassy in Baghdad on Sunday, media reported. According to the report, three rockets were fired around the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone. The US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, was targeted by three Katyusha rockets. Two rockets were fired …

Two rockets landed by the Baghdad Airport near US troop stations early on Tuesday morning local time, according to reports. Some reports suggest that the rockets landed near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, which hosts US coalition personnel. There are no reports of any casualties, although there are some reports …

The Iraqi army said on Monday a rocket had struck within the grounds of Baghdad airport, where US forces are deployed, in another attack against American interests in Iraq. While a wave of similar attacks that began in October has since eased, the latest strike came three days ahead of …

Two rockets have hit near the US embassy in the high-security Green Zone in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a security source says. The Green Zone is one of the world’s most high-security international quarters. Located in the center of the Iraqi capital, it houses the parliament, the prime minister’s office, …

Iraq’s Armed Forces opened an investigation this Monday to determine the origin and perpetrators of a rocket bombing that hit the Baghdad Green Zone, where embassies and government offices reside. A report shows that at least five Katyusha-type projectiles hit the site and four of them within the US diplomatic …

Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi on Tuesday denounced an earlier rocket attack in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Baghdad’s highly fortified Green Zone. In the early hours today, three Katyusha rockets were again fired at the Green Zone. Sirens at the US Embassy reportedly went off …

Footage has emerged showing US military aircraft dropping off as many as 100 marines to the American Embassy compound in Baghdad amid angry protests outside the diplomatic mission against the recent bloody air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s popular forces. The video released by the US Department of …

American security forces injured more than 60 Iraqis who were protesting in front of the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. American security forces fired tear gas to protesters, as well. As reported, after holding funerals for hundreds of martyrs killed during US Monday air raids, Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside …