On Wednesday, the Iraqi government described the bombings carried out by the US south of the capital Baghdad against a pro-Iranian group as a “gross violation of the sovereignty” of Iraq, AFP and Reuters reported, cited by Agerpres.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani with Iranian President Ebrahim RaisiPhoto: Presidency of Iran / Zuma Press / Profimedia

The US military action took place “without the knowledge of Iraqi government institutions,” the Iraqi government said in a statement, condemning the “dangerous escalation” in the context of regional tensions heightened by the war between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The American attack is a “gross violation of sovereignty,” the same statement said. On the other hand, alluding to pro-Iranian armed groups, the government in Baghdad, appointed by a parliamentary majority consisting of parties close to Tehran, considers “reprehensible and illegal” activities of a military nature, which “are carried out outside the constitutional framework” of the army.

Earlier, Washington said it carried out “precision” bombing south of Baghdad on two bases of the pro-Tehran Iraqi militia group “Kataib Hezbollah” (“Hezbollah Brigades”) in response to a series of more than 60 attacks by the pro-Tehran groups – Iranian attacks. about US troops in Iraq and Syria.

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According to the US military, the operations center and command and control center of the Kataib Hezbollah group were destroyed during these explosions. For its part, the pro-Iranian movement announced that eight of its members were killed in the attacks.

This “crime will not go unpunished,” Kataib threatened Hezbollah, promising to “expand its targets if the enemy continues its criminal method.”

The United States has so far been reluctant to respond to attacks on its troops in the region, given the volatile political situation in Iraq and efforts to prevent an escalation of the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

But Washington decided to retaliate after Monday’s ballistic missile attack on Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US and international anti-jihadist coalition forces, left eight wounded.