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    Mob Angered By Airstrikes Tries To Storm U.S. Embassy Compound In Baghdad

    Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators as President Trump called on Iraq to intervene with force. The protesters are angry about a series of U.S. airstrikes on an Iranian-backed militia.
    by Merrit Kennedy Dec 31, 2019 4 minutes

    Updated at 1 p.m. ET

    Iranian-backed militia members and their supporters threw rocks and set fires at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. Marines in the compound fired tear gas at the crowds as President Trump called on Iraq to intervene with force.

    "U.S. personnel are secure and there has been no breach," a State Department spokesperson said. "There are no plans to evacuate Embassy Baghdad." The spokesperson added that the U.S. ambassador had been travelling and is returning to the embassy.

    About 100 Marines have arrived in Baghdad to shore up the embassy's Marine contingent, said officials at U.S. Central Command, which oversees

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