{"id":99371,"date":"2026-05-05T20:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/99371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:10:16","slug":"us-warns-iran-aligned-armed-factions-plotting-attacks-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/99371\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns Iran-aligned armed factions plotting attacks in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-05-05T11:38:47+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>The United States Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday warned<br \/>\nthat \u201cIraqi terrorist militias aligned with Iran\u201d continue to plan attacks<br \/>\ntargeting US citizens and American-linked interests across Iraq, including the<br \/>\nKurdistan Region.<\/p>\n<p>Some actors linked to Iraqi state institutions provide<br \/>\npolitical, financial, and operational support to these groups, the embassy<br \/>\nindicated, cautioning that threats from missiles, drones, and rockets persist<br \/>\ndespite the reopening of airspace and the partial resumption of commercial<br \/>\nflights.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Security Alert \u2013 U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq \u2013 May 5, 2026Location: Iraq Iraqi airspace has reopened and limited commercial flights are operating. Those considering air travel in Iraq should be aware of the ongoing potential risk of missiles, drones, and rockets in Iraqi\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Embassy Baghdad (@USEmbBaghdad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbBaghdad\/status\/2051622140051325261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 5, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The mission reaffirmed its Level 4 \u201cDo Not Travel\u201d<br \/>\nadvisory, urging US citizens to avoid Iraq and calling on those already in the<br \/>\ncountry to leave immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Iraq-after-the-regional-ceasefire-US-bases-and-unresolved-political-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Iraq after ceasefire: US bases and unresolved political questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-05T11:38:47+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad The United States Embassy in Baghdad on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3067,152,34778,94,51,34777],"class_list":{"0":"post-99371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-attacks","9":"tag-breaking","10":"tag-iran-aligned-groups","11":"tag-iraq","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-us-warns-iran-aligned-armed-factions-plotting-attacks-in-iraq"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116523789425862349","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}