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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

US orders all its embassies to review security after Baghdad compound hit by strikes in Iran war: report

The United States has ordered all its embassies and other diplomatic posts to review their “security posture” after a compound in Baghdad was struck as the Iran war rages, according to a new report.

In an internal message sent Tuesday, which was reviewed by The Washington Post, the State Department ordered its diplomatic posts all over the world to gather Emergency Action Committees and review security due to “the ongoing and developing situation in the Middle East and the potential for spill-over effects.”

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