Published 14:37 IST, December 31st 2019

Iraqi mourners try to storm US Embassy after airstrikes

Hundreds of Iraqi mourners are trying to storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following deadly U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq.

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Hundreds of Iraqi mourners are trying to storm U.S. Embassy in Baghd following dely U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq.

mourners held funerals for killed in a Baghd neighborhood, after which y marched on to heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday and kept walking till y reached sprawling U.S. Embassy re.

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AP journalists saw crowd try to storm embassy, shouting “Down, down USA!”

14:37 IST, December 31st 2019