Iran Press/Middle East: “Due to protests at the US Embassy compound, all public consular operations are suspended until further notice. All future appointments are canceled. US citizens are advised to not approach the embassy,” it said in a statement.
Demonstrators attacked the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 31 to condemn US airstrikes two days earlier that killed at least 25 members of an Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashad al-Ahaabi, causing Iraqi security forces and compound guards to fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd, Iran Press reported.
Thousands of protesters converged on the US compound in response to the US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria on December 29 that targeted members of the Kataib Hizbullah.219
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