The Iraqi government said Saturday that the US airstrikes on the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in western Iraq killed 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others. He also said that the government believes that the presence of the international coalition forces on Iraqi soil has become a threat to security and stability in Iraq and a justification for involving Iraq in regional and international conflicts. Al-Awadi warned that the recent airstrikes put security in Iraq and the region on the brink of the abyss, adding, “Iraq renews its refusal to make its lands an arena for settling scores.”The US Central Command said in a statement on Friday that the US forces conducted airstrikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and affiliated militia groups. The US airstrikes came in response to recent attacks by Iranian-backed militias that caused the first US fatalities since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, 2023. Source: Xinhua Editor: Zhu QingVisited 22 times, 22 visit(s) today

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