‘Drone shot down near US embassy in Baghdad, no casualties’

A general view shows the US embassy across the Tigris river in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Jan 3, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP)

Baghdad – A drone was intercepted and shot down near the US embassy in Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

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The sources said the drone failed to reach the embassy compound.