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Iraqi pro-Iran group prolongs pause in US embassy attacks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKataeb Hezbollah, an influential pro-Iran Iraqi armed group, announces it will extend a pause on its attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad by five days.
“The deadline given to the embassy of American evil will be extended by an additional five days,” the group says in a statement.
The group has warned that it will respond if it comes under attack, denying involvement in a drone strike that hit an Iraqi intelligence building on Saturday, killing an officer.
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