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AP Explains: Who are Iraq's Iran-backed militias?
U.S. sends hundreds of troops to Mideast after attack on embassy compound in Baghdad
By Alex Johnson, Dan De Luce & Mosheh M. Gains
US strikes 5 facilities in Iraq and Syria linked to Iranian-backed militia
By Barbara Starr, Kevin Bohn & Ross Levitt
Iran's Iraqi Militia Proxy Kataeb Hezbollah Explained
By Mehdi Jedinia, Rikar Hussein & Michael Lipin
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Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows (Published 2019)
By Edward Wong & Michael Crowley
Pentagon expects to deploy troops to Mideast after Iraqi protesters assault US embassy, torch guardhouse to protest airstrikes
By Conor Finnegan
Angry Mob Sets Fire To Reception Area At U.S. Embassy In Baghdad
By Merrit Kennedy
U.S. Strikes Shiite Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria
By Isabel Coles, Michael R. Gordon & Nancy Youssef
Militia supporters chanting 'Death to America' break into U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad
By Mustafa Salim & Liz Sly
US strikes Iran-backed militia strongholds in Iraq and Syria
By Meghann Myers & Shawn Snow
Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
By Ellen Knickmeyer & Robert Burns
US sending additional forces to protect embassy threatened by protesters in Iraq
By Caroline Kelly & Ryan Browne
US Embassy in Iraq attacked by protesters
By Sheena Mckenzie
Trump threatens Iran after protesters attack US embassy in Baghdad
By Arwa Damon, Jeremy Diamond & Pamela Brown
U.S. Launches Airstrikes on Iranian-Backed Forces in Iraq and Syria (Published 2019)
By Julian E. Barnes
American Airstrikes Rally Iraqis Against U.S.
By Alissa J. Rubin & Ben Hubbard
These 3 pro-Iran militia leaders are provoking protesters at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
By Miriam Berger
U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia draw condemnation, retaliation threats in Iraq
By Liz Sly, Mustafa Salim & Carol Morello
U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria target Iranian-backed militia, Pentagon says
By Mustafa Salim & Dan Lamothe
Trump threatens Iran will pay ‘a very big price’ over US embassy protests in Baghdad
By Julian Borger & Luke Harding
US Embassy compound in Baghdad targeted by mob protesting airstrikes; sit-in planned
By Greg Norman-Diamond
US Baghdad embassy attacked after US airstrikes on Hezbollah
By Ross Ibbetson & Marlene Lenthang