Iraqis storm Bahrain embassy in Baghdad to protest peace conference

Video showed dozens of people with Palestinian flags rallying outside the compound and climbing to the roof of an outbuilding.

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100s of Iraqi protesters stormed #Bahrain Embassy in #Baghdad raising #Palestinian & Iraqi flags in wake of #USA sponsored workshop & Bahraini foreign minister’s unprecedented interview to #Israel television channel calling for open communication with the Jewish state

3:34 PM – Jun 27, 2019

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The two-day workshop in Bahrain that ended Wednesday was to promote the Trump administration’s $50 billion economic support plan for the Palestinians ahead of a Mideast peace plan to be announced later.

Iraq is home to Iran-backed militias and the embassy attack comes amid tensions between the United States and Iran in the Middle East.

Iraq had announced earlier this month that it would boycott the conference in solidarity with the Palestinians, who also avoided the meeting.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.