Drone shot down near U.S. embassy in Baghdad, no casualties: security sources


Baghdad (Reuters) - A drone was intercepted and shot down near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

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

(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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