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Alarm sirens activated at US Embassy in Iraq over unknown object in the sky - Reports

Moscow, Jul 6 (UNI/Sputnik) Alarm sirens were turned on at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the air defense system was activated over an "unknown object" in the sky above the embassy, ​​Iraqi television channel Al Sumaria reported citing a security source.
"Alarm sirens went off at the US embassy, ​​the C-RAM system was activated... due to the detection of an unknown object in the sky above the US embassy," the source said.
Another source told the TV channel that a drone was shot down in the Green Zone where government agencies and foreign diplomatic missions are located.
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Iranian, Egyptian FMs discuss Gaza situation over phone

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Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia in May: media

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Los Angeles, Mar 30 (UNI) US President Donald Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-May for the first foreign trip of his second term, US media reported on Sunday.

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