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 ...

After much delay the United States opened its new $700 million embassy in Iraq on Monday, inaugurating the largest — and most expensive — embassy ever built. The 104-acre compound, bigger than ...

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.

By bnm Gulf bureau The US Embassy in Baghdad denied closing its compound on June 20, reaffirming its commitment to advancing American policy priorities in Iraq, an official press release stated. The ...

Iraq has long been a flashpoint for tensions between the United States and Iran, but deadly attacks, an embassy siege and unprecedented protests could push the war-torn country past its tipping point.

In response, Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, expelled the Swedish ambassador and directed Iraq’s chargé d’affaires to withdraw from the Iraqi embassy in Sweden, a government ...

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 ...