Iraq expels Swedish ambassador

Baghdad has made a decision to expel the ambassador of Sweden, Report informs via Al Jazeera.

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Iraq told Sweden it would sever diplomatic ties if a Koran is burned again, after hundreds of people stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it alight in a protest against plans for one to be burned in Stockholm later on Thursday, Report informs via Reuters.

Baghdad had also "informed the Swedish government ... that any recurrence of the incident involving the burning of the Holy Qur’an on Swedish soil would necessitate severing diplomatic relations", the government's statement said.