TOPSHOT - A handout picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows American soldiers taking position around the embassy in the capital Baghdad, after supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached the outer wall of the diplomatic mission during a rally to vent anger over weekend air strikes that killed pro-Iran fighters in western Iraq. - The US State Department said that embassy personnel are safe and there are no plans to evacuate, after Iraqi supporters of pro-Iran factions attacked the compound. It is the first time in years that protesters have been able to reach the building, sheltered behind a series of checkpoints in the high-security Green Zone. (Photo by - / US EMBASSY IN IRAQ / AFP) (Photo by -/US EMBASSY IN IRAQ/AFP via Getty Images)
US Marines arrive; 4,000 more troops ready to deploy to Middle East after Baghdad embassy attack
By • Jan. 1, 2020

Some 750 U.S. Army paratroopers were deployedto Kuwait yesterday (Dec. 31, 2019) after 6,000 Iran-backed Shiite militiamen stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and set fire […]

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