Article snippet: Protesters at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad are withdrawing and declaring victory after camping outside the compound all night, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The protesters, who support the Iranian-backed militia group Kataib Hezbollah, are now calling for the nation's parliament to push for U.S. troops to leave Iraq, according to the Post. The retreat follows a chaotic Tuesday protest where demonstrators stormed the embassy in response to U.S. airstrikes in Iraq targeting the militia group and killing 25 people over the weekend. The Popular Mobilization Forces, the umbrella organization of several Shiite militias, ordered protesters to leave the embassy “out of respect” for the Iraqi government’s directions Tuesday, according to the newspaper. Several hundred rejected the order initially until a Kataib Hezbollah official declared victory and told them to depart from the area. “We will take our fight to expel U.S. troops from our land to parliament, and if we don’t succeed, we will return,” militia spokesman Mohammed Mohyee said to the crowd, according to the Post. Some protesters still remained outside the embassy, saying they would not leave until U.S. troops leave Iraq, Reuters reported. Several of those who left established a protest camp in front of a hotel. The U.S. has said the controversial strikes were retaliation for attacks last week that killed a U.S. contractor. The U.S. says the Kataib Hezbollah militia was behind the strike, but the militia... Link to the full article to read more