Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani has said that the actions of the American army are destabilizing and that the country demands the immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Koliba arrived in Baghdad this morning (Monday) as part of an official visit.

Iraq's anti-terrorism forces announced the death of 8 ISIS terrorists during an operation in the "Bir Ahmad" area in the north of Baghdad.

Washington and Baghdad must come to a mutually acceptable agreement on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq amid rising tensions in the Middle Eastern country, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

A volley of rockets has hit near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security sources told AFP.

Iraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces.

Iraqis from all walks of life have gathered in the capital Baghdad to denounce US military presence in the country after the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Suleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was second-in-command of the Iraq’s PMU, in Baghdad by the US earlier this month.

The Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, home to the US embassy, and the Balad Air Base, where US troops are stationed, have come under mortar shell and rocket attacks, respectively, police sources say.

Tehran and Baghdad have both condemned an attack on Iran’s consulate during riots in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, with the Iraqi government saying the raid was actually meant to damage “historical” ties between the two neighbors.

Maan said the ministry was working with other government institutions to find out who was behind the killings. According to medical sources, the majority of protesters killed were struck by bullets.

The Iraqi military says unknown militants have launched three mortar shells into an air base just north of the capital Baghdad, where American trainers are present.

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering reducing its diplomatic footprint in Afghanistan as part of a broader effort to extricate the United States from its costly and deadly 18-year conflict, US officials told Foreign Policy.

The Iranian President Sheikh Hasan Rouhani arrived on Monday in Baghdad, starting a strategic official visit to the neighbouring country.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, leader of the Nasr parliamentary bloc, said Wednesday that the government of his predecessor, Nuri al-Maliki, had asked the U.S. to redeploy troops to Iraq in 2014.

Iraq's Foreign Ministry says it was "astonished" at a Reuters report, which claimed that Iran had moved missiles to Iraq, saying the claim lacked any "tangible evidence."