“We burned them!” the demonstrators shouted as they streamed out of the high-security Green Zone housing the embassy just as easily as they had walked in on Tuesday. Thousands had massed outside the embassy in anger at deadly US airstrikes on pro-Iran Hashed faction, Kataib Hezbollah, that killed 25 paramilitary fighters on Sunday. Earlier yesterday, a leading Kataib Hezbollah commander told reporters that they would stay outside the embassy. “We in Kataib Hezbollah won’t withdraw even if the others do,” said the commander, who was among those outside. Trump blamed Tehran for the embassy attack and warned that it would face punishment if Americans are killed.
