Edited by Li Zedong
According to CCTV News, in the early morning of January 6 local time, the Iraqi militia armed "Islamic Resistance Group" issued a statement saying that it launched a drone attack on a US military base in the Tanf region of southeastern Syria and a US military base in the Shadadi region of southern Syrian Hasakah province on the same day.
According to a Reuters report on January 5, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani's office said on the 5th that the government will form a committee to prepare to end the mission of the US-led international coalition in Iraq.
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Mr. Soudani's statement came a day after U.S. forces attacked Baghdad and killed a militia leader, sparking outrage among some Iranian-aligned groups. The latter demanded that the Iraqi government end the presence of coalition forces in Iraq.
According to the report, a statement from the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office said: "The government is setting a date to launch a bilateral committee to coordinate relevant matters to permanently end the presence of international coalition forces in Iraq." ”
An Iraqi Government official said the committee would include representatives of the international coalition.
The report also said that the Pentagon said that the US military launched an attack on the 4th to retaliate for the recent attack on US personnel. The United States has 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq.
Previously, according to CCTV International News reported on January 4, a militia headquarters in Iraq was allegedly attacked by US troops. The Iraqi armed forces allege that the international coalition in Iraq was responsible for the unprovoked attack on Iraqi security agencies by targeting security agencies in Baghdad and committing acts that were terrorist-like and flagrant violations of Iraq's national sovereignty and security.
According to a source from the "Popular Mobilization Organization" of Iraq's Shiite militia, at noon local time on January 4, the headquarters of the militia "Nujaba Movement" (the 12th Brigade of the "Popular Mobilization Organization") in the eastern region of Baghdad was attacked by US troops. So far, three people have been killed and many injured, including a senior commander of the Nujaba movement.
According to a Reuters report quoted by Reuters on January 4, Iraqi police and security sources said that the headquarters of an Iranian-backed militia group in eastern Baghdad was attacked by drones. Police and witnesses were quoted as saying that at least two rockets had hit a building belonging to the Iraqi militia Movement of the Nobles.
It is also alleged that rockets hit a car in the headquarters of the Movement of the Nobles, killing a local commander of the group and one of his assistants.
Mousavi, the commander of the group, said: "We will retaliate and make the Americans regret committing this aggression." ”
Last month, the U.S. retaliated with airstrikes against Iraq after a drone strike by Iranian-aligned militants seriously injured a U.S. serviceman, the report said.
Since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas last October, US military bases and facilities in Iraq and Syria have been attacked more than 100 times. The United States has 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 troops in Iraq.
The Iraqi Prime Minister's Office said on the 4th that the US-led international coalition launched an "unjustifiable" attack on the Iraqi security forces and should be held responsible.
The Prime Minister's Office said that "this attack is a dangerous escalation and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty".
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