Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover

1 of 4 | Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. Kataib Hezbollah fighters were killed in the US airstrikes in response to attacks against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base earlier this week. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) 2 of 4 | Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. Kataib Hezbollah fighters were killed in the US airstrikes in response to attacks against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base earlier this week. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) 3 of 4 | Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. Kataib Hezbollah fighters were killed in the US airstrikes in response to attacks against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base earlier this week. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) 4 of 4 | FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Baghdad International Airport from the International Zone via helicopter after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 5, 2023. Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult by the day. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP, File) Read More BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months as the Israel-Hamas war has raged have forced Baghdad into a balancing act that’s becoming more difficult by the day. A rocket attack on the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Friday marked a further escalation as Iraqi officials scramble to contain the ripple effects of the latest Middle East war. Iran holds considerable sway in […]

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