BREAKING: US deploying around 3,000 additional soldiers to the Middle East following US airstrike that killed top Iran general, US officials say.
and stay there for some 60 days, the officials said. The immediate-response-force soldiers will be spread throughout the region, with some in Iraq and others in Kuwait.
U.S. and Iraqi officials said the attack on the embassy compound began as a large crowd gathered after funerals for some of those who were killed in U.S. airstrikes Sunday. The protesters marched to the embassy compound, where they tried several times to breach security and enter the main embassy building, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation, who said the crowd threw Molotov cocktails over the walls and tried to burn down the entry gates.
At least 25 militia fighters were killed in U.S. airstrikes Sunday on weapons depots in Iraq and Syria that the United States said were linked to Kataeb Hezbollah.Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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