BAGHDAD: A second loud blast was heard in Iraq’s capital Baghdad late Monday, as air defenses were seen intercepting an attack over the US embassy, an AFP journalist said. The type of the attack remains unclear. It came shortly after a “projectile” hit a hotel in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, which houses the US embassy and other diplomatic missions, as well as international institutions and government offices.

BAGHDAD: The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed two members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources…

BAGHDAD: A second loud blast was heard in Iraq’s capital Baghdad late Monday, as air defenses were seen intercepting an attack over the US embassy, an AFP journalist said. The…