{"id":14765,"date":"2018-09-12T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14765"},"modified":"2018-09-12T00:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:23:40","slug":"assault-on-idlib-risks-scattering-terrorists-abroad-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=14765","title":{"rendered":"Assault on Idlib risks \u2018scattering terrorists\u2019 abroad: Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1370581\/middle-east\" readability=\"47\">\n<p>\nWASHINGTON: The US warned Iran on Tuesday it will \u201crespond swiftly and decisively\u201d to any attacks by Tehran\u2019s allies in Iraq that result in injury to Americans or damage to US facilities.<br \/>The statement by the White House press secretary accused Iran of not preventing attacks in recent days on the US Consulate in Basra and the American Embassy compound in Baghdad.<br \/>\u201cIran did not act to stop these attacks by its proxies in Iraq, which it has supported with funding, training, and weapons,\u201d the statement said.<br \/>\u201cThe United States will hold the regime in Tehran accountable for any attack that results in injury to our personnel or damage to United States Government facilities. America will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of American lives,\u201d the statement said.<br \/>On Friday, three mortar bombs landed inside Baghdad\u2019s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located, but they caused no casualties or damage, the Iraqi military said.<br \/>The mortar attack was the first such one in several years on the Green Zone, which houses parliament, government buildings and many foreign embassies.<br \/>The US Consulate in Basra is near the airport, which was attacked by rockets on Saturday. No damage or casualties were reported.<br \/>Protesters in Basra angry over political corruption ransacked and torched Iraqi government buildings last week. The Iranian consulate was set alight by demonstrators shouting condemnation of what many see as Iran\u2019s sway over Iraq\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The US warned Iran on Tuesday it will \u201crespond swiftly and decisively\u201d to any attacks by Tehran\u2019s allies in Iraq that result in injury to Americans or damage to US facilities.The statement by the White House press secretary accused Iran of not preventing attacks in recent days on the US Consulate in Basra and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}