Protesters storm Bahraini embassy in Baghdad

The US State Department ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil.

Source: AAP

Iraqi protesters stormed the embassy of Bahrain in Baghdad in protest on the Bahrain economic workshop.


The newly appointed Iraqi Interior minister Yasser Al Yasseri visited the embassy offices after the demonstrators being dismissed.


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