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US summons Iraqi ambassador over drone strike on diplomatic facility in Baghdad
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau summons the Iraqi ambassador after a drone struck a major US diplomatic facility in Baghdad, the State Department says in a statement.
The US Embassy in Baghdad said earlier that an Iraqi “terrorist militia” group, which it accused of being aligned with Iran, had conducted multiple drone attacks near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and Baghdad International Airport.
The State Department says Landau acknowledged the Iraqi security forces’ efforts to respond while emphasizing “the Iraqi government’s failure to prevent these attacks.”
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