US airstrikes stay – Iraq warns of ‘dire consequences’ as 85 Iranian targets hit | EUROtoday

Iran’s overseas ministry on Saturday condemned in a single day US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria as “violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of the 2 international locations.

Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani, in a press release, stated the assaults represented “another adventurous and strategic mistake by the United States that will result only in increased tension in instability in the region”.

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 transfer would solely heighten stress within the area.

It comes because the US performed the large-scale retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the deaths of three American troopers killed in a drone assault in Jordan by Iran-backed militants.

The US launched airstrikes in opposition to Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday because it started its retaliation for a drone assault that killed three US troopers in Jordan final week.

Dozens of strikes launched by long-range bombers flown from the the US focused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia teams simply hours after president Joe Biden acquired the stays of the three service members at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

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At least 16 individuals, together with civilians, have been killed and 25 injured in in a single day US airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s workplace stated.

In Syria, no less than 18 pro-Iran fighters in America’s retaliatory airstrikes. About 26 main websites housing pro-Iranian teams, together with weapon depots, have been destroyed in Friday’s strikes, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman stated.

The US navy has up to now not supplied an estimate for the variety of deaths within the strikes.

Poland stated on Saturday that US retaliatory strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria have been the results of Iranian proxies “playing with fire”.

“Iran’s proxies have played with fire for months and years, and it’s now burning them,” Polish overseas minister Radek Sikorski advised reporters as he arrived for a gathering together with his EU counterparts in Brussels

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 haven’t any connection to Israel in anyway. So, it’s simply not true. It’s a falsehood.”

Sixteen individuals have been killed, amongst them civilians, and 25 injured in in a single day US airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s workplace stated on Saturday.

In a press release, it condemned the strikes as a “new aggression against Iraq’s sovereignty” and denied that they have been coordinated by the Baghdad authorities beforehand with Washington, calling such assertions “lies”.

The presence of the US-led navy coalition within the area “has become a reason for threatening security and stability in Iraq and a justification for involving Iraq in regional and international conflicts”, the assertion added.

The US Central Command stated American forces struck greater than 85 targets at seven areas in each Middle Eastern international locations utilizing bombers and precision munitions, simply hours after president Joe Biden acquired the stays of the three service members.

The US strikes appeared to cease wanting instantly concentrating on Iran or senior leaders of the Revolutionary Guard Quds Force inside its borders in an effort to stop the battle from escalating additional.