Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the US Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. The embassy attack, one of the worst in recent memory, followed deadly US airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. Khalid Mohammed US soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq. Seven armoured vehicles with about 30 Iraqi soldiers arrived near the embassy hours after the violence erupted, deploying near the embassy walls but not close to the breached area. The Iranian-backed Iraqi militia had vowed Monday to retaliate for the US military strikes.

Source: Stuff December 31, 2019 15:00 UTC