CNN quoted U.S. officials and sources on the 2nd as the first anniversary of the attack on Suleimani, the United States decided to temporarily evacuate some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for fear of reprisals, which is expected to last only until January next year. Mid-year. However, it is not clear how many people the United States will evacuate.
According to AFP, two senior Iraqi officials said on the evening of the 2nd that some personnel of the U.S. Embassy had withdrawn.
On January 3 this year, Suleimani, the commander of the “Quds Brigade” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, was killed by a U.S. military airstrike outside Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.