Hezbollah Condemns US Attacks Targeting Iraqi Resistance Groups
Hezbollah said in a statement on Monday that the move was aimed at undermining the counterterrorism capabilities of Iraq and Syria, al-Ahed News reported.
It also described the attacks as brazen violation of the sovereignty of Iraq and Syria.
Hezbollah expressed condolences on the martyrdom of some members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the airstrikes.
It further underlined that the region will not become secure and stable unless the US occupation forces are forced out of Iraq and Syria.
American warplanes struck one location in Iraq and two in Syria along the Arab countries’ border, with the Pentagon alleging the targets to be “facilities” used by Iraqi resistance groups to stage drone attacks on American interests.
According to Iraq’s Sabereen News, four Iraqi fighters were killed in the attack on the headquarters of the 14th Brigade of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units of Hashd al-Sha'abi anti-terror umbrella organization, which features some resistance groups.
The resistance factions have pledged revenge. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has also slammed the airstrikes as “blatant” violation of his country’s sovereignty, adding, “Iraq reiterates its refusal to be an arena for settling scores.”
A reporter with the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) has also said that the strikes that targeted Syria killed one child and wounded three others.
An official source at Syria’s Foreign and Expatriates Ministry told SANA that the US aggression proved once again “the recklessness of US policies and the need for Washington to withdraw its aggressor forces” from the region.
The US-led military coalition has staged many attacks against the Iraqi groups in the past.
Iraqi and Syria experts consider the attacks to be an attempt by the US to entrench and prolong its military presence in the countries by targeting the groups that fight directly against Daesh, Washington’s apparent excuse for the military interference.
