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AFP’s journalist said protesters, some holding flags of pro-Iran armed groups, threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas.
Local media reported protests in other provinces in southern Iraq.
Several Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups said Saturday they will not remain “neutral” and will defend the Islamic Republic.
The powerful group Kata’ib Hezbollah said it will attack US bases after two of its fighters were killed in air strikes in southern Iraq.
Early Sunday, loud explosions were heard near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said.
He also reported seeing thick black smoke rising from the airport area.
Shortly after, a small pro-Iran group claimed drone attacks on US troops in Erbil.
https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/N...ghdad-zone-housing-us-embassy-security-source
AFP’s journalist said protesters, some holding flags of pro-Iran armed groups, threw stones at security forces, who responded with tear gas.
Local media reported protests in other provinces in southern Iraq.
Several Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups said Saturday they will not remain “neutral” and will defend the Islamic Republic.
The powerful group Kata’ib Hezbollah said it will attack US bases after two of its fighters were killed in air strikes in southern Iraq.
Early Sunday, loud explosions were heard near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said.
He also reported seeing thick black smoke rising from the airport area.
Shortly after, a small pro-Iran group claimed drone attacks on US troops in Erbil.
https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/N...ghdad-zone-housing-us-embassy-security-source
