The US Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2020. ©AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File© Newser AI ...

Iraq's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country hopes the U.S. will reconsider its decision to close its diplomatic mission in Baghdad, as a group of ambassadors expressed their willingness to ...

The embassy, which will be the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in the world, was budgeted at $592 million. The core project was supposed to have been completed by last month, but the timetable has ...

"The fortress-like compound rising beside the Tigris River here will be the largest of its kind in the world, the size of Vatican City, with the population of a small town, its own defense force ...

The inauguration of the $700 million embassy came just days after a security agreement between Iraq and the United States took effect, replacing a U.N. mandate that gave legal authority to the U.S ...

He said Saudi Arabia would look closely at setting up diplomatic representation in Iraq for the first time since U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.