NSTworld: Thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed force had gathered at the embassy on Tuesday, outraged by US strikes that killed 25 Hashed fighters over the weekend.
Supporters of Iraq’s pro-Iranian force Hashed al-Shaabi began leaving the encircled US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday but hardliners insisted they would stay, a day after their dramatic incursion into the compound.
On Wednesday morning, crowds of men brandished the Hashed’s colours, set US flags on fire and hurled rocks towards the compound.By the afternoon, the Hashed called on its supporters to leave the embassy and regroup outside the Green Zone “out of respect for the state.”AFP’s photographer saw some protesters beginning to dismantle their tents.
Tuesday’s embassy attack was the latest episode in spiralling tensions between the United States and Iran since Washington abandoned a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran in 2018.US forces, who number some 5,200 across Iraq, have faced a spate of rocket attacks in recent months that US officials have blamed on pro-Iran factions within the Hashed.
Iran’s supreme leader Wednesday condemned US strikes on Iraq and warned that his country was ready to hit back. Thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force had gathered at the embassy, outraged by US strikes that killed 25 Hashed fighters over the weekend.-AFP
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