The US kills a pro-Iranian commander accused of attacks on US troops in a drone strike in Iraq. The attack occurred on a main road in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.
Security forces closed the heavily guarded Green Zone, home to several diplomatic compounds, amid calls for protesters to storm the US embassy. Two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said a top Kataib Hezbollah commander was targeted in a U.s. strike Wednesday. The sources were not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.