WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that the United States was pleased that the Iraqi government is doing more to protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad from Iran-backed Shiite Muslim militias.
“We are happy that the Iraqis are doing more to provide increased security for our team on the ground there,” Pompeo told a State Department news conference.
(Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
