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January 1, 2020

Iran-backed militiamen withdraw from siege of US Embassy in Baghdad as more American troops deployed

The siege outside of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad ended Wednesday after dozens of pro-Iran militiamen and their supporters began to withdraw from the compound.

January 1, 2020

State Department spokeswoman pressed on whether Trump administration's Iran policy is working

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus insisted Wednesday that the Trump administration's policy toward Iran is working following the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by pro-Iran militia members. 

December 31, 2019

Trump vows Iraq 'will not be a Benghazi' after Iran-backed embassy raid

Speaking to reporters just hours after dozens of Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, President Trump on Tuesday night vowed that the situation "will not be a Benghazi" -- a pointed reference to the deadly 2012 embassy attack in Libya on the Obama administration's watch, after officials at the embassy had requested enhanced security for weeks.

December 31, 2019

Rebecca Grant: Iranian-backed attack on American Embassy in Iraq increases risk of US-Iran military conflict

President Trump faced plenty of problems dealing with Iran and Iraq until now, but on the last day of 2019 his problems got a lot worse when dozens of Shiite militia members backed by Iran forced their way into the U.S. Embassy compound in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, set fires and caused other damage.

December 31, 2019

Up to 4,000 US troops could deploy to Middle East amid Baghdad unrest: officials

The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade has been issued orders to deploy rapidly to Kuwait amid the unrest in Baghdad, three U.S. defense officials told Fox News on Tuesday.

December 31, 2019

Rep. Adam Kinzinger applauds Trump's Iran response after attack on US Embassy in Baghdad

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., applauded President Trump's response to rising tensions with Iran following the attack at a U.S. Embassy compound in Iraq earlier Tuesday.

December 31, 2019

Pompeo: US will hold Iran 'accountable' for any 'malign activity,' after Baghdad embassy attack

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to the Tuesday attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad by suspected Iranian-backed militants, telling Fox News' Mike Emanuel that Tehran will always be held accountable for any "malign activity."

December 31, 2019

Benghazi team member: Iraq's response to Baghdad embassy attack a 'slap in the face,' Iran must be punished

Retired Marine Corps Sgt. John "Tig" Tiegen, one of the four men who defended the Libyan consulate in Benghazi during the 2012 attack there, said the Iraqi government's slow response to a deadly attack on the U.S. embassy is a "slap in the face."

December 31, 2019

Progressive group under fire for taunting Trump by calling violent Baghdad protests his 'Benghazi'

A progressive veterans PAC is under fire for a tweet suggesting hope that the violent protests that erupted at the US embassy on Baghdad would go down as President Trump's "Benghazi."

December 31, 2019

Trump threatens Iran after attack on embassy compound: ‘They will pay a very BIG PRICE!’

President Trump warned Iran that the country “will pay a very BIG PRICE!” for the break-in at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday.