The military spokesman for Iraq’s outgoing prime minister Abel Abdel Mahdi decried “a violation of Iraqi sovereignty”. “Mr. Abdul-Mahdi strongly objected and demanded the US call off the strikes off,” said his spokesman, Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf. “We consider it a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that ...
US forces in Iraq attacked in an airstrike on a number of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) facilities in the western Anbar province, leaving a number of casualties. The PMU, commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, confirmed the US forces in the country have carried out the airstrike ...