US-Led Coalition Airstrikes in Iraq Prompt End of Iraqi Mission

Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasool said on the 8th that the Iraqi mission was ending following repeated airstrikes by the US-led coalition against Iranian-backed rebels in the country. Photographed over two days in Iraq (2024, Reuters)

[バグダッド ８日 ロイター] – Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasul said on the 8th that the Iraqi mission was ending following repeated airstrikes by the US-led coalition against Iranian-backed rebels in the country. He also expressed concern that the coalition’s moves are “a destabilizing factor and threaten to drag Iraq into a cycle of conflict.”

The US military announced on the 7th that they had killed the head of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militant group in an attack in Iraq. More Talks between the United States and Iraq about coalition forces stationed in Iraq began in January, but within 24 hours, three American soldiers were killed in a drone attack in Jordan. The US blamed Iranian-backed militant groups in Syria and Iraq. See more

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hussein spoke by telephone with US Secretary of State Blinken on the 6th and called for the resumption of negotiations regarding coalition forces. The negotiations are expected to take at least several months, and the outcome is unclear.

US coalition forces were established in Iraq to fight the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. The United States has sent 2,500 troops to Iraq to advise and support local forces to prevent the Islamic State from resuming its activities.

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