A truck bomb has exploded outside the Jordanian embassy compound in Baghdad today, killing at least nine people and strewing gutted cars, body parts and a severed head across the street outside.

New photos captured by the Associated Press reveal the extent of the damage caused to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad during the ... unable to penetrate the main compound thanks to the quick response ...

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British diplomats have quit their Baghdad embassy after a "credible threat ... the Foreign Office confirmed. The compound is heavily guarded by thousands of US troops, The Times reported.

He added: ‘Since the February 7 US strike in Baghdad, we have had no confirmed ... most sensitive frontline – and inside Iran’s Embassy compound, no less. ‘A response is guaranteed.

The US Embassy said the explosion was at the Baghdad Diplomatic Services Compound, an American diplomatic facility, and that it was “assessing the damage" and the cause of the blast. During his ...