{"id":43702,"date":"2019-09-25T12:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T04:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=43702"},"modified":"2019-09-25T12:18:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T04:18:18","slug":"u-s-embassy-in-iraq-issues-security-alert-over-potential-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=43702","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy In Iraq Issues Security Alert Over Potential Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (NNN-NINA) &#8211; The U.S. embassy in Iraq issued an alert for its citizens, over potential attacks in major Iraqi cities, after an overnight attack near the embassy compound in Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. embassy warned all U.S. citizens of heightened tensions in the region, and the need to remain vigilant,&#8221; the embassy said, referring to the tensions between Washington and Tehran in the Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before midnight Monday, two mortar rounds landed in the perimeter of the U.S. embassy in central Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A police source said, the attack rocked the heavily fortified Green Zone and sirens were heard in the area, but no casualties were reported as the mortars landed on empty areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have made clear that attacks on coalition personnel and facilities will not be tolerated and the coalition forces retain the right to defend ourselves,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraqi militias frequently targeted the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. embassy and some of Iraqi government offices.&#8211; NNN-NINA  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (NNN-NINA) &#8211; The U.S. embassy in Iraq issued an alert for its citizens, over potential attacks in major Iraqi cities, after an overnight attack near the embassy compound in Baghdad. &#8220;The U.S. embassy warned all U.S. citizens of heightened tensions in the region, and the need to remain vigilant,&#8221; the embassy said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":43709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,217,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}