Several rockets were launched at the US embassy in Baghdad's heavily secured Green Zone early on Friday (Dec 8), the mission said in its statement. The attack on the embassy is the latest in a spate of such incidents, and comes amid intense fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

US embassy in Baghdad struck with 7 mortars, Washington blames Iran-aligned militias, demands action

Angered by US air strikes that killed two dozen paramilitary fighters on Sunday, hundreds of protesters spilled through checkpoints in the high-security Green Zone Tuesday, demanding the removal of American troops from Iraq and voicing loyalty to a powerful Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. US President Donald Trump warned Tehran it would "pay a very big price" and said it is sending hundreds more troops to the Middle East. #DonaldTrump #USEmbassy, #Bhagdad

WION Dispatch: Protesters storm US embassy in Baghdad, Iran will 'pay big price', says Trump

Government troops and paramilitary units 'liberated the whole of Rawa and raised the Iraqi flag on all of its official buildings,'General Abdelamir Yarallah of Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement

Iraq forces retake last IS-held town in country

The non-binding vote on the Kurds' long-cherished dream of independence, initiated by veteran leader Massud Barzani, has angered not only the federal government but also neighbouring Turkey and Iran, concerned it could stoke separatist aspirations among their own sizeable Kurdish minorities

Iraq Kurds in historic independence vote in defiance of Baghdad

The parliament in Baghdad authorised the prime minister to "take all measures" to preserve Iraq's unity in response to the move to hold an independence?referendum?in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish?region on Sept. 25.

Iraqi Kurdish referendum historic mistake: Turkey

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