Iraq later recalled its chargé d’affaires from the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, and asked the Swedish ambassador in Baghdad to leave the country, an Iraqi government spokesperson said Thursday.

Protesters gather near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 20, 2023 ... security forces had deployed inside the embassy and smoke rose from the building as fire-fighters extinguished ...

Iraq expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its diplomat from Sweden, hours after protesters attacked the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to part of the building.

The House on Tuesday sought to block the Bush administration from using $658 million it had requested in an emergency war spending bill to build an embassy in Baghdad, a move that could delay ...

This comes after Iraq expelled the Sweden’s Ambassador on Thursday in protest of a planned burning of the Koran in Stockholm. The Koran-burning prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set ablaze ...

By Hamdi Alkhshali, Celine Alkhaldi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — Iraqi security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who stormed the main gates of the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital ...