Baghdad condemns US strikes as violation of Iraqi sovereignty
Iraqi Prime Minister’s spokesman for military affairs Yehia Rasool. Photo: INA
Baghdad – Iraq on Saturday condemned retaliatory US strikes against pro-Iran armed groups on its territory as a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty”, warning of “disastrous consequences” for the country and beyond.
Friday’s strikes in western Iraq near the Syrian border are a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty” and will bring “disastrous consequences for the security and stability of Iraq and the region”, General Yehia Rasool, a spokesman for Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani, said in a statement.