Hashd Shaabi supporters march on US embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes kill 25 fighters. Image via CNN.
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US embassy in Baghdad surrounded by protesters

After US airstrikes earlier in the week resulted in the deaths of 25 fighters of an Irani Shia group in Iraq, hundreds of angry protesters rushed the gates of the US embassy in Baghdad, including supporters of the paramilitary cell Hashd Shaabi. The protesters marched on the embassy immediately after holding the funerals of the killed fighters.

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Tue Dec 31 - AlJazeera

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