US armed forces launched attacks on three targets of the pro-Iran Kataib Hezbollah movement in Iraq in response to a series of attacks by Shiite groups. This was stated by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin. RIA News.
“US forces carried out necessary and proportionate attacks on three facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah and other Iran-linked movements in Iraq,” the minister said in a statement.
Austin noted that the attacks were carried out on the orders of US President Joe Biden.
According to him, the purpose of the USA is to protect American interests in the region.
In Iraq on January 20 shots were fired American air base Ain al-Assad. It was reported that more than 20 missiles were fired at the facility.
Later at the Pentagon registeredIt is stated that many US military personnel may have been injured during the bombing of the base.
Previously in Iraq fallen American unmanned aerial vehicle.