Antony Blinken calls Iraqi Prime Minister after attack on his house, says State Department

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi after the drone attack on the latter's residence, the US State Department said.

New Iraqi Prime Minister-designate urged to act on reforms and accountability

New York/IBNS: The top UN official in Iraq is calling on the country’s newly designated Prime Minister to urgently deliver on reforms and demands for accountability, amid ongoing protests.

Iraqi PM calls for end to US embassy siege after strikes on Shiite militia

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi urged protesters on Tuesday to end the violent siege of the American embassy in Baghdad, which was triggered by a deadly US strike on a Shiite militia.

Iraq PM orders counterterrorist forces to Baghdad amid mass protests

Cairo, Oct 27 (Sputnik/UNI) Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi ordered for the country's elite counterterrorist forces to be deployed in several districts of Baghdad to guard the premises of state institutions amid ongoing violent protests, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service said in a statement on Sunday.