Anger is mounting across Iraq as pro-Iran militia groups have joined the regional conflict sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, with warnings that the move will drag the nation into a war it cannot afford.
Since the conflict broke out on February 28, Iran-aligned militias have been launching drone and missile attacks towards US assets in Iraq, as well as economic infrastructure and civilian areas in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and accusing the Kurds of co-operating with America and Israel.
The militias' main targets are Harir Air Base, which houses American troops and the US consulate in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan region; the US embassy in Baghdad; and a logistics hub at Baghdad International Airport, used by US military personnel.
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