An airstrike killed five fighters from a pro-Iranian group in Kirkuk province. This attack in northern Iraq comes a day after the Iraqi government warned the United States against any attack “Attack” on its territory, even as pro-Iranian groups have resumed using rocket fire and drone strikes against American troops stationed in Iraq and Syria.
Sunday, a “Air Raid” was aimed at a “Site” A senior security official in Kirkuk told AFP that he was being held by a faction linked to Hachd al-Chaabi, a coalition of former paramilitaries now integrated into the regular forces, and reported five deaths.
A “self-defense strike”
For his part, an American military official confirmed, on condition of anonymity, that a “Self-defense strike against immediate threat” carried out near Kirkuk against “a drone launch site”.
The target area is near the border with autonomous Kurdistan in northern Iraq. An Iraqi police officer on site assured the AFP news agency “Debris apparently belongs to a drone” were found on site.
“Five dead and five injured”
Reporting on “Five dead and five injured”A security official in Baghdad spoke of a targeted drone attack “a position of the al-Noujaba group in the Dibis region”.
Sunday evening, that “Islamic resistance in Iraq”a fog formed by armed groups affiliated with Hachd al-Chaabi succinctly confirmed the deaths of five militants in a press release.
It is this movement that has been claiming responsibility for the attacks on American soldiers in Iraq and Syria for several weeks.
These bombings highlight the regional impact of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip: pro-Iran groups justify their attacks by citing the support Washington provides to Israel.