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Iraq has warned the Middle East is now on the “brink of the abyss” following US revenge strikes which killed 16 people loyal to Iran.
In a statement, Iraq condemned the strikes as a “new aggression against Iraq’s sovereignty” and warned the move would only heighten tension in the region.
It comes as the US conducted the large-scale retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the deaths of three American soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan by Iran-backed militants.
“This aggressive strike will put security in Iraq and the region on the brink of the abyss, and it also contradicts efforts to establish the required stability,” an Iraq official said.
Earlier, the US Central Command said: “US military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States.”
Command centres, intelligence centres, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups were struck in the attack, it added.
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Iran condemns American strikes in Middle East
Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday condemned overnight 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".
Iraq warns Middle East on ‘brink of abyss'
Iraq has warned the Middle East is now on the “brink of the abyss” following US revenge strikes which killed 16 people loyal to Iran.
In a statement, Iraq condemned the strikes as a “new aggression against Iraq’s sovereignty” and warned the move would only heighten tension in the region.
It comes as the US conducted the large-scale retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the deaths of three American soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan by Iran-backed militants.
US launches airstrikes against Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria
The US launched airstrikes against Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday as it began its retaliation for a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan last week.
Dozens of strikes launched by long-range bombers flown from the the US targeted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups just hours after president Joe Biden received the remains of the three service members at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
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US airstrikes kills over 30 people in Syria and Iraq
At least 16 people, including civilians, were killed and 25 injured in overnight US airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said.
In Syria, at least 18 pro-Iran fighters in America’s retaliatory airstrikes. About 26 major sites housing pro-Iranian groups, including weapon depots, were destroyed in Friday’s strikes, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
The US military has so far not provided an estimate for the number of deaths in the strikes.
Video: US deploys bombers to strike targets in Iraq and Syria
Iran proxies ‘playing with fire’, says Poland
Poland said on Saturday that US retaliatory strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria were the result of Iranian proxies “playing with fire”.
“Iran’s proxies have played with fire for months and years, and it’s now burning them,” Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski told reporters as he arrived for a meeting with his EU counterparts in Brussels
Kirby disagrees that multi-fronted conflict in Middle East is ‘a war'
When questioned previously by The Independent about whether the US classifies the fighting on multiple fronts as a war, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said he disagreed.
“There were attacks against our troops and facilities in Iraq and Syria well before 7 October – certainly in the last administration as well,” he said, speaking at a White House pres briefing.
“And as for the Houthis, they can claim all they want that this is linked to Gaza but two-thirds of the ships that they’re hitting have no connection to Israel whatsoever. So, it’s just not true. It’s a falsehood.”
Areas have been struck by the US in Iraq and Syria
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