All the demonstrators, supporters of the Popular Mobilization militia, withdrew from the vicinity of the American embassy in Baghdad yesterday, according to a decision from his leadership the day after they were stormed by angry protesters, as they dismantled the sit-in tents they had installed in the place, while an Iraqi special force deployed around the American embassy in Baghdad after the withdrawal, while The Pentagon announced that it will send 750 additional soldiers to the Middle East.

The militia withdrawal comes a day after the sit-in in front of the American embassy and the setting up of tents, following an attack by angry protesters denouncing the air strikes that targeted the Hezbollah Brigades, the pro-Iranian faction within the popular crowd, and resulted in the death of 25 people.

The demonstrators went to the exits of the fortified Green Zone, where the embassy is located and marched chanting "We Burned them," while trucks transported iron structures and tents used by these demonstrators for the open sit-in they had announced yesterday, at the embassy vicinity.

The crowd had called earlier in a statement directed at its supporters to "withdraw in respect of the decision of the Iraqi government, which ordered this and to preserve the prestige of the state," adding that he "tells the masses who are there that your message has arrived."

After the Hezbollah Brigades, the pro-Iranian faction that targeted American raids on Sunday night in western Iraq, which resulted in 25 people, refused to comply initially with the orders of the popular crowd to withdraw, but then agreed to leave the Green Zone in a march.

"We achieved the achievement, we closed the embassy, ​​and the message arrived. The second message is the withdrawal of the American forces and the ball we threw in the parliament stadium," said a member of the Phalanges' Political Bureau.

The Green Zone was closed yesterday, the day after it was stormed by the demonstrators, without any clashes. It seemed that the decision to close was taken to prevent other demonstrators from joining hundreds of Iraqis who decided the day before yesterday to stay in the vicinity of the embassy in protest against the killing of 25 Hezbollah fighters.

Demonstrators, the day before yesterday, threw stones at the embassy compound, shouting "Death to America."

Some were unloading bedding, blankets and supplies from buses, to continue the sit-in at the embassy doors, before the PMF issued.

Earlier, senior Iraqi army officers negotiated with the crowd outside the embassy to try to persuade them to leave, but to no avail. Washington is pressing Iraqi leaders to ensure the security of embassy staff.

French Defense Minister Florence Barley announced that France "strongly" condemns the attacks of thousands of pro-Iranian demonstrators, the day before yesterday, against the American embassy in Baghdad, expressing "its full solidarity" with the United States.

"France strongly condemns the attacks against the positions of the international coalition in Iraq and the attempts to storm the American embassy in Baghdad," according to a statement published yesterday.

In Tehran, the charge d'affaires of the Swiss embassy representing US interests in Iran was called in to protest the statements of "war-wracking" American officials in neighboring Iraq.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that "the charge d'affaires of the Swiss was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs against the background of the positions of US officials regarding developments in Iraq." She added that "the Islamic Republic of Iran has informed Iran of its strong protest against the statements of American officials in violation of the United Nations Charter, which provokes wars," according to Tasnim News.

The attack on the American embassy and the raids that preceded it, and the targeting of buildings that include Americans with missiles, raise the fear that the American-Iranian hostility will turn into an open conflict in Iraq, a country that is both the United States and Iran as allies.

Washington has decided to deploy an additional 750 soldiers in the Middle East, and it is "very likely" to send them to Iraq, according to a US official said yesterday.

For his part, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the attack was carried out by "terrorists", referring to leaders of the popular crowd who played a role in the war against extremists alongside the US-led international coalition and the Iraqi authorities.

Leaders in the crowd were present in the convoy, which was heading towards the US embassy, ​​the day before yesterday, while some of its commanders were taking pictures in the smoke and shattered glass of some of the embassy equipment.

Since its withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 after eight years of occupation, the United States has lost influence in this country.

Written slogans on the embassy walls confirm this, as among them were “No to America” and “Soleimani Qaidi,” referring to the commander of the “Quds Force” in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, who had begun negotiations to form the next Iraqi government.

These developments come at a time when Iraq has been rocked since October 1, popular protests against the authority accused of corruption and incompetence, but also against Iranian influence.