The US military launched airstrikes against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's IRGC and the militias it backs
16 killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Iraqi PM's office condemns the US airstrikes as a "new aggression against Iraq's sovereignty" and denies that they were coordinated by the Baghdad government beforehand with Washington.
Saturday 03/02/2024
The US military launched airstrikes against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's IRGC and the militias it backs
CAIRO - Sixteen people were killed, among them civilians, and 25 injured in overnight US airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's office said on Saturday.
In a statement, it condemned the strikes as a "new aggression against Iraq's sovereignty" and denied that they were coordinated by the Baghdad government beforehand with Washington, calling such assertions "lies."
The presence of the US-led military coalition in the region "has become a reason for threatening security and stability in Iraq and a justification for involving Iraq in regional and international conflicts," the statement added.
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned the US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria as "violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of the two countries.
Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani, in a statement, said the attacks represented "another adventurous and strategic mistake by the United States that will result only in increased tension in instability in the region."
The US military launched airstrikes against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend's drone attack in Jordan that killed three US troops.