Douglas Silliman was US ambassador to Iraq from 2016-2019 and to Kuwait from 2014-206. He is now head of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

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The US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters

When Iraqi militias hit the US embassy, what's their real target?

Iran's proxies routinely endanger the lives of foreign diplomats, but the greatest cost is to ordinary Iraqis

October 01, 2020