Thousands took to the streets of Baghdad for the funeral procession of Iran's top general Saturday after he was killed in a U.S. airstrike, as the region braced for the Islamic Republic to fulfill its vows of revenge.

Thousands of mourners chanting "America is the Great Satan" marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike.

The latest on the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad that killed Iran's top general (all times local):

The latest on the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad that killed Iran's top general (all times local):

Hundreds of Iraqi mourners tried to storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, following deadly U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned the U.S. airstrikes that targeted positions of an Iran-backed military group in Iraq.