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Published 08 Dec, 2023 01:13pm

US urges Iraq to ‘protect’ its diplomats after rocket attack

The US embassy in Baghdad has urged Iraq’s government to protect its personnel, after rockets targeted the diplomatic mission in the city’s high-security Green Zone, AFP reports.

“We again call on the government of Iraq… to protect diplomatic and coalition partner personnel and facilities,” an embassy spokesperson said in a statement, after “two salvos of rockets” were fired at the mission without causing any reported casualties.

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