{"id":39916,"date":"2019-06-29T05:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39916"},"modified":"2019-06-29T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T05:22:12","slug":"libyas-haftar-orders-forces-to-attack-turkish-ships-and-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39916","title":{"rendered":"Libya\u2019s Haftar orders forces to attack Turkish ships and interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"83\">\n<p>\nBAGHDAD: Iraq on Friday condemned an \u201cattack\u201d by protesters on the Bahraini Embassy that prompted Manama to recall its ambassador from Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>\nUpset by Manama\u2019s hosting of a US-led Middle East peace conference, at least 200\u00a0 stormed the Bahraini Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday night to protest against Bahrain\u2019s participation in the US-led economic \u201cdeal of the century\u201d plan for Palestine. Around 54 people were reportedly arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\nIraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi\u2019s office issued a statement early on Friday that read: \u201cThe Iraqi government will never tolerate such acts, and affirms its absolute rejection of any action threatening diplomatic missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIraqi authorities deployed additional troops to disperse the protesters and secure the embassy, which sources said appeared to have been targeted by Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah, one of the most powerful pro-Iranian armed factions in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe protesters burned US and Bahraini flags outside the embassy in Mansour, western Baghdad, before entering the inner courtyard, taking down the Bahraini flag and replacing it with a Palestinian flag. The gesture seemingly symbolized their rejection of US President Donald Trump\u2019s recently unveiled economic plan to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\nBahraini capital Manama this week hosted a two-day \u201cPeace to Prosperity\u201d workshop to discuss the plan, which was attended by Jared Kushner, Trump\u2019s adviser. Palestinian authorities rejected the proposal, which does not address the two-state solution, and refused to participate in the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlthough shots were heard ringing out in the vicinity of the embassy for about eight minutes, no casualties were immediately reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nIraqi Interior Minister Yassin Al-Yassiri went to the embassy in an attempt to \u201ccalm the situation\u201d and meet the Bahraini ambassador. Security was heightened in nearby areas. Saad Maan, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said Al-Yassiri had stressed that the security of embassies and diplomatic missions is a red line that must not be crossed under any circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe also revealed that the minister will appoint a committee to investigate the incident and the individuals responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the embassy and its staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Iraqi government expressed its \u201cdeep regret\u201d over what it described as \u201cencroachment on the embassy building\u201d and \u201cacts of sabotage that violate the law and the authority of the state and the immunity of diplomatic missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD: Iraq on Friday condemned an \u201cattack\u201d by protesters on the Bahraini Embassy that prompted Manama to recall its ambassador from Baghdad. Upset by Manama\u2019s hosting of a US-led Middle East peace conference, at least 200\u00a0 stormed the Bahraini Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday night to protest against Bahrain\u2019s participation in the US-led economic \u201cdeal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":39917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39916","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\/39916","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=39916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}