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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, that Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s popular Gen. Soleimani became an icon by targeting US

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Hadi al-Amiri (center), commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, speaks to his followers during his political block campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2018. Iraqis head to the polls next weekend for the first time since the government declared victory against the Islamic State group, in national elections that could tilt the balance of power between the United States and Iran. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

Hadi al-Amiri, leader of U.S. Embassy siege in Iraq, was guest of Obama at White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Marines in Kuwait were dispatched Tuesday to the U.S. Embassy compound in Iraq after a protest led by members of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataeb Hezbollah turned violent. (Associated Press)

Pentagon sending more troops to guard U.S. Embassy in Iraq

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, listens as Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers a statement on Iraq and Syria at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo: Iraqi leaders say they will ‘guarantee the safety’ of American personnel after attack

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Protesters damage property inside the U.S. Embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Militiamen breach U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Mohammed Mohieh, the spokesman of Iraq's Iranian-backed Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, gives an interview at his office, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Mohieh said Monday that the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the &quot;aggression of evil American ravens.&quot; (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

AP Explains: Who are Iraq’s Iran-backed militias?

By Associated Press - Associated Press

The Iranian-backed militia said Monday that the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Iraq militias, Iran vow ‘confrontation’ to deadly U.S. airstrikes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. forces struck five sites in Iraq and Syria, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper called the strikes successful. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump eyes more action after Syria, Iraq strikes

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces and local tribal militias participate in the military operations of the Iraqi army Seventh Brigade, at the start of the eighth phase of the operation, in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge to U.S. airstrikes

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Iraq beefs up security around air base in country’s west

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

A protester walks past a poster with a defaced picture of the governor of the southern Basra province Asaad al-Eidani and Arabic that reads &quot;rejected by the people,&quot; during the ongoing protests, in Tahrir square, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. An Iranian-backed bloc in Iraq’s parliament proposed al-Eidani as the country’s next prime minister. However, the nomination was promptly rejected by Iraqi protesters who want an independent candidate to take over the government. Earlier on Wednesday, outgoing higher education minister, who had also been rejected by protesters on the streets, withdrew his nomination for prime minister. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Iran-backed groups accuse Iraqi president of caving to US

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

A protester walks past a poster with a defaced picture of the governor of the southern Basra province Asaad al-Eidani and Arabic that reads &quot;rejected by the people,&quot; during the ongoing protests, in Tahrir square, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. An Iranian-backed bloc in Iraq’s parliament proposed al-Eidani as the country’s next prime minister. However, the nomination was promptly rejected by Iraqi protesters who want an independent candidate to take over the government. Earlier on Wednesday, outgoing higher education minister, who had also been rejected by protesters on the streets, withdrew his nomination for prime minister. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Iraq president won’t name Iran-backed bloc’s nominee as PM

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

A protester sits next to a poster with defaced pictures of Iraqi politicians and Arabic that reads, &quot;the blood of the protesters and the Iraqi people is on your necks, the conspirators on the people and the religious authority,&quot; during ongoing protests, in Tahrir square, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Iran-backed bloc names Basra governor for post of Iraqi PM

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters stage a sit-in at Tahrir Square during anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq’s parliament approves new election law amid protests

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 photo, a poster with a defaced photo of Qusay al-Suhail, a candidate for the prime minister's post, and Arabic that reads, &quot;one of the leaders of the destruction,&quot; is lying on the ground in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq. Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Baghdad and Iraq's southern provinces on Sunday, rejecting the nomination of what some call an Iran-backed candidate for the prime minister's post. The demonstrations came as a midnight deadline loomed without a solution being reached to name an interim premier. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqis protest as deadline to name new prime minister looms

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 photo, protesters stand on top of cement blocks separating them from Riot police at the commercial and historic al-Rasheed street, in the center of Baghdad, Iraq. With Iraq's leaderless uprising now in its third month, the protracted street hostilities, internet outages, blocked roads and a general atmosphere of unease are posing risks to Iraq's economy. In particular, the unrest has set back the most fragile segment of the country's economy, the private sector, where business owners have faced losses from damage to merchandise and disruptions of markets and from consumers reeling in their spending out of fear for the future. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer most

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters set fire while security forces fire live ammunition and tear gas in Baghdad, Iraq. As the Middle East ushers in 2020, a new kind of uprising is unfolding in the Arab world. While the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings that took place in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria were directed at long-ruling autocrats, the current economically driven uprisings are directed at corrupt political elites who have failed at providing their people with basic services. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Protesters in Arab world’s newest uprisings face a long haul

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, a volunteer chef prepares rice to be served to Iraqi protesters as part of a free meal, at the center of Baghdad, Iraq. In Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, there are the anti-government protesters demonstrating for a better future for Iraq, and there are the volunteers who feed them. From stuffed lamb and fish, to the giant pots of soups and rice to the plates of lentils and beans, there is no shortage of food to go around. Volunteers from the capital and southern provinces cook traditional dishes that reflect the country’s rich cuisine and bring protesters together. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Home-cooked food in Iraqi square brings protesters together

By NASSER NASSER - Associated Press

Protesters set on fire a cardboard cutout that depicts US President Donald Trump and hung to a gallows, during a rally for the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Supporters of Iran-backed Iraqi group protest US sanctions

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 photo, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq. Leaders of Iraq's Christians unanimously cancelled Christmas-related celebrations in solidarity with the protest movement - but the aims of their stance go deeper than tinsel and fairy lights. In the slogans calling for a united Iraq, Christians see hope for much needed change from a sectarian system that has long marginalized them. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

No Christmas tinsel in Iraq, in solidarity with protesters

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press