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U.S. forces on the roof of the U.S. Embassy, ​​Baghdad, Jan. 1. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

Pro-Iranian Iraqi protesters dismantled the tents at their camp and withdrew Wednesday, January 1, from the vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad, on the orders of Hachd al-Chaabi paramilitaries, in the aftermath of an unprecedented attack. against the Chancellery.

All the pro-Iran demonstrators who observed a sit-in near the American embassy in Baghdad have left the scene.

Hashd al-Chaabi, a coalition of pro-Iranian paramilitary groups in Iraq, ordered his supporters to leave the area surrounding the US embassy in Baghdad, which was invaded on Tuesday December 31 . These paramilitary groups are officially integrated into the Iraqi army, but they maintain more or less close ties with Iran.

After trying to maintain the sit-in, the Hezbollah Brigades, a Hashd faction targeted on Sunday by American raids that killed 25 fighters, had finally decided to end the camp. " We had a great success: we arrived at the American embassy when no one had done it before " and now " the ball is in the court of the Parliament", said his spokesman, Ahmed Mohieddine.

Hezbollah Brigade Raid Series

Last weekend, the U.S. military launched a series of raids on the bases of a pro-Iran armed faction, the Hezbollah Brigades. They killed 25 fighters from this Shiite armed group. US operations came after a rocket attack on a base in northern Iraq. The rocket fire killed an American contractor at the military base.

The American raids led to demonstrations against the US Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday December 31.

Iran summons Swiss charge d'affaires

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is said to have summoned this Wednesday, January 1, the Swiss charge d'affaires to protest against the " warmongering " of the United States, this event following these same American air strikes intervened on the pro faction. Iran in Iraq.

Switzerland represents the interests of the United States in Iran, in the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Swiss representative was summoned after remarks " hawkish American officials in violation of the United Nations charter ," said the ministry in a statement.

( With AFP )