Iraq official says drone crashed near US diplomats at Baghdad airport

A senior Iraqi security official told AFP that a drone crashed near a group of US diplomats inside the grounds of Baghdad’s airport earlier this week as they were escorting an American journalist freed after a recent kidnapping.The account shed light on a statement issued Thursday by the US State Department saying it had summoned Iraq’s ambassador to Washington to express “strong condemnation” of attacks by pro-Iran groups on US interests, “including the April 8 ambush of US diplomats in Baghdad.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Since the war in the Middle East broke out on February 28, the US embassy in Baghdad and a logistical and diplomatic center inside the city’s airport have been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones, with most intercepted.Pro-Iranian armed groups in Iraq have claimed daily attacks on “enemy bases” in the country and the wider region, but had said on Wednesday they were suspending their actions after the

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