On 23 December, President Donald Trump issued a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran over Sunday’s attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, which it claimed was conducted by an Iranian-backed militia group. Middle Eastern experts have explained the US president’s move and discussed whether the White House will resort to a strike against Tehran.
About 21 missiles landed in Baghdad’s Green Zone compound targeting the American Embassy on 20 December, according to a US Central Command statement. Although the strike caused no US injuries or casualties it did damage buildings in the compound, the statement says, stressing the attack “was clearly not intended to avoid casualties” and pinning the blame on an “Iranian-backed rogue militia group”.
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