President Trump weighs in on protesters' attempts to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad, tweeting that 'Iran is orchestrating' the attack. Follow live updates:
The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, targeting five facilities controlled by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Unit member group, Kataib Hezbollah.the first significant US military response to Kataib Hezbollah's deadly rocket attacks on US-Iraqi targets in recent weeks.
Protesters set a sentry box ablaze in front of the US embassy building in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. US officials said the strikes were carried out with F-15 Strike Eagle fighter planes and targeted Kataib Hezbollah locations, including weapons storage facilities and command and control locations.The airstrikes and protests havewith Iraqi police and soldiers also hit in the strikes. They come at a time of unrest as mass protests across Iraq challenge the nation's precarious government.A blaze outside the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday.
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