Iraqi Prime Minister Survives Drone Attack in Failed Assassination

Iraqi Prime Minister Survives Drone Attack in Failed Assassination
Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi speaks at the Chancellery in Berlin on Oct. 20, 2020. Stefanie Loos/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an attempted assassination by a drone that targeted his home on Nov. 7 and is “unharmed and in good health,” the Iraqi government said in a statement.

There was “an explosives-laden drone that tried to target his residence in the Green Zone,” according to the statement, which also noted that security forces “are taking the necessary measures in connection with this failed attempt.”