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Iraq has approached the Iranian and US governments in a bid to prevent being caught up in a regional escalation, officials ...

The price of oil initially increased more than 4% when news of the US evacuation broke, in anticipation of regional ...

Rising tensions with Iran and fears of an Israeli strike prompted the U.S. to move some of its nonmilitary personnel out of ...

The Iraqi government temporarily closed Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Friday, citing rising regional tensions after ...

The State Department is reportedly ordering the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, ...

State Department orders departure of nonessential staff from embassy in Baghdad due to concern over increased security risks ...

The move comes after the Iranian defense minister warned that Tehran would target U.S. bases in the area if tensions ...

The source revealed to Kurdistan24: that the embassy staff had already begun transferring sensitive documents, equipment, and ...

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow ...

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing to evacuate its Iraqi embassy due to heightened security risks ...