Baghdad, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Pro-Iran Iraqi armed group says will stop US embassy attacks, under conditions

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An influential pro-Iranian armed group in Iraq pledged early Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy for five days, presenting a series of conditions. Kataeb Hezbollah said the group's secretary-general had "issued orders to suspend operations targeting the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for a period of five days", but stipulated several conditions, notably preventing Israeli bombing of a southern Beirut neighbourhood, and "a commitment to refrain fro......

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