The US attacks pro-Iranian militias in Iraq in response to a drone attack
The U.S. Army conducted airstrikes this morning against Shiite militia targets in Iraq in response to a drone strike that injured three of its soldiers, one of them in critical condition, according to the command's chief, U.S. Central Militia General Michael Erik Kurilla .
On orders from US President Joe Biden, the army launched attacks in Iraq at 2:45 a.m. (Spanish peninsular time), presumably killing “numerous militants.” [la milicia proiraní] Kataib Hezbollah” and the destruction of several facilities used by the group, the US military said.
The attack came in response to an earlier attack by the Iranian-backed militia on a US base in Iraq that injured three soldiers in the Iraqi city of Irbil. One of them is in critical condition. In a message from Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups.” According to Central Command, the attacks “had no impact on the lives of civilians.”
“These attacks are designed to make those directly responsible for attacks on coalition forces in Iraq and Syria face the consequences and limit their ability to carry out further attacks. We will always protect our troops,” explains General Kurilla in the embassy in X.
The exchange of attacks shows that the war in Gaza between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hamas has led to instability across the region, with Iran sponsoring attacks against Israeli, American and Western interests. There are dozens of attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq or Syria, in addition to attacks on Red Sea maritime traffic by Yemen's Houthi rebels, also supported and financed by Iran.