India has advised its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq in the wake of missile strike by Iran on American bases.Raveesh Kumar, the spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs, said on Twitter, “In view of the prevailing situation in Iraq, Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq until further notification. Indian nationals residing in Iraq are advised to be alert and may avoid travel within Iraq.”Travel Advisory for Iraq— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 8, 2020 “Our Embassy in Baghdad and Consulate in Erbil will continue to function normally to provide all services to Indians residing in Iraq,” he added in his second tweet.In a pre-dawn attack on Wednesday, the US department of defence aid that Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against its military and coalition forces at two bases in Iraq. “It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US military and coalition personnel at Al-Assad and Erbil,” US department of defence spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.These bases, he added, had been “on high alert due to indications that the Iranian regime planned to attack our forces and interests in the… Read full this story
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