NOURNEWS - Al-Araby Al-Jadid quoted Iraqi political sources as saying that Iraqi leaders had "many contacts with the American side" following reports of the US intention to close its embassy in Baghdad. The control of the situation is due to the continuation of rocket attacks on the US Embassy.
An Iraqi official said: "The Americans are rushing and incomprehensibly trying to escalate the situation by closing the embassy or suspending its activities and transferring it." The leaders of the three Iraqi forces hope that they will be able to prevent the US from moving, because the closure of the embassy means that the US wants to take new measures, and we will probably see airstrikes on the headquarters of the armed groups.
Meanwhile, news has emerged of the departure of US Ambassador Matthew Toller from Baghdad.
Hereof; Sky News reported that there is news about the departure of the US ambassador to Baghdad and his visit to his country's consulate in Erbil.
The decision to close the US embassy may be made on Monday, a Sky News correspondent reported.
The Iraqi Al-Sharqiya network also quoted informed sources as saying that the closure of the US embassy was very serious and had entered the operational phase.
The Washington Post also reported that US officials intended to close the embassy in Iraq.
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