US strikes doesn’t help bring calm says Iraqi National Security Advisor Al-Araji
Iraq’s National Security Advisor, Qasim Al-Araji. Photo: INA
Baghdad – US strikes, which targeted sites used by Iranian-backed militants in Iraq early Wednesday, “do not help bring calm”, a senior Iraqi official said, adding they were also a “flagrant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty”.
“The US side should pile on pressure for a halt to the (Israeli) offensive in Gaza rather than targeting and bombing the bases of an Iraqi national body,” National Security Advisor Qassem Al-Araji said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
He was referring to the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation force), an alliance of Iran-backed former paramilitary groups now integrated in the regular armed forces.