20 December 2017 - 23:50

U.S. concerned by KRG security raid on NRT

<p style="text-align: left;">The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday it was concerned by the closure of the local Kurdish broadcaster of NRT at the hands of the security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) a day earlier, Reuters reported.

“We are concerned by recent actions to curb the operations of some media outlets through force or intimidation, specifically yesterday’s raid by Kurdistan Regional Government security forces of the NRT offices in Sulaimaniya,” the embassy said in a statement.

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