Pro-Iran protesters attack US embassy over deadly Iraq strikes 0 SHARES Share it! A stream of men in military fatigues, as well as some women, marched through those checkpoints to the embassy walls with no apparent reaction from Iraqi security forces. The United States has around 5,200 troops deployed across Iraq to train security forces and prevent any resurgence of the Islamic State jihadist group. The United States, meanwhile, accused Iraq of failing to “protect” US interests in the country. “This may well be the low point of US policy in Iraq,” said Iraq expert Fanar Haddad of Singapore University’s Middle East Institute.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 31, 2019 12:00 UTC