MBC network's offices in Iraq stormed and ransacked by Shi'ite militia supporters angered by the network's description of Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar as terrorists.

The action came after the channel aired a report describing a number of leaders of Iranian backed armed groups as terrorists.

Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq ransacked offices affiliated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad early Saturday, two security sources said, after the broadcaster aired a report referring to commanders of Tehran-backed militant groups as "terrorists."

Iraq decided to cancel the license of Saudi Arabia’s MBC Channel for describing the leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement as terrorists.