Baghdad, March 19, 2026 (AFP) - Pro-Iran Iraqi group says to pause US embassy attacks, with conditions

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A pro-Iran group in Iraq vowed Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy for five days, but only under certain conditions including that Israel stop strikes on an area of Lebanon where its allies hold sway. After a wave of attacks on the US embassy in Iraq's capital Baghdad in recent days, AFP journalists reported no drone or rocket attacks so far from late Wednesday onwards. But on Thursday, two fighters from former paramilitary coalition Hashed......

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