The US on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil. A State Department advisory announcing the partial embassy closures warned of numerous terrorist and insurgent groups active in Iraq.
Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi volunteer forces announced on Sunday a plan to redeploy in Nineveh governorate. A commander in the Hashd, which is also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Raed Al-Karawi, said the PMF is to redeploy across the governorate, noting that coordination with the Iraqi army and security ...
