Thousands of members of #Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi #paramilitary alliance gathered in #Baghdad on Tuesday to mourn comrades killed in #US air strikes along the Syrian border. The American raids early Monday sparked an exchange of fire between pro-Iranian militias and the US-led coalition in eastern Syria, and heightened fears of a new US-Iran escalation amid ongoing efforts to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. FRANCE 24's Jack Hewson tells us more.

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