- 17 January 2016
- Middle East
2 minutes ago
US authorities say they are trying to locate a group of Americans missing in Baghdad, officials say.
The three missing people may have been kidnapped by militias, reports the Arab news channel al-Arabiya, citing its own sources.
"We are aware of reports that American citizens are missing in Iraq," a state department official said.
"We are working with the full co-operation of the Iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals."
An attack on a Baghdad shopping centre last week, claimed by so-called Islamic State militants, brought to an end a relative lull in violence that had seen no major bloodshed in the city in weeks.
