Washington: We did not inform the Iraqi government before the recent attacks

According to the report of Fass International News Agency, the US State Department announced on Monday evening that this country did not inform the Baghdad government before the attacks on targets inside Iraq on Saturday morning, but immediately after the attacks on It has informed.

Saturday morning, the Centcom terrorist organization announced in a statement that in response to the death of 3 American soldiers in the attack of the resistance groups on the Burj-22 base on the Syrian border and Jordan has carried out attacks on the positions of resistance groups in Iraq and Syria and has targeted more than 85 points. The charge d’affaires of this country submitted and emphasized: This note includes Iraq’s opposition to the US attacks and its condemnation.

Baghdad also said that it will make every effort to and defend its citizens and the security forces of this country.

On the other hand, the American newspaper Washington Post reported on Monday, quoting an official in the US State Department, that “Anthony Blinken” The US Secretary of State, who is currently on a trip to the countries of the region, will emphasize during his meetings that the US is not looking to escalate the situation in the region.

The American official added that Blinken will announce that the recent US attacks on targets in Syria and Iraq were only a reaction and not an escalation of the situation. which the Pentagon did in Iraq and Syria early on Saturday, American forces in Syria have been attacked three times. They were attacked twice on Saturday and Monday, and there were no casualties.” He went on to say: “American forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 169 times since October 7th until now.”

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