US troops guard their embassy in Iraq's Baghdad with tear gas as hardline pro-Iranian rioters continue damaging the building
US soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
Dozens of pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters had camped out at the gates of the embassy in Baghdad where they stayed the night, a day after they broke into the compound, trashing a reception area and smashing windows in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory.The protesters are angered by deadly US airstrikes that targeted an Iran-backed militia over the weekend, killing 25 fighters.
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