The United States has apologized to Iraq for an attack on its territory in early February this year in connection with an operation to eliminate targets of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its affiliates. He stated this in an interview RIA News Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.
According to him, the American side did not officially warn Baghdad about the attack on Iraqi security forces. A US official apologized for the situation.
White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby recently admitted that US officials did not notify the Iraqi government in advance of plans to launch an airstrike on its territory on February 3 and apologized for the mistake.
Washington announced in early February that it had destroyed more than 85 targets belonging to the IRGC and its affiliated groups in Iraq and Syria. American leadership described this as a response to the attack on the US military base in Jordan.
Also in February, Fox News reportedHe said that the United States would reduce the size of the army by 24 thousand people due to personnel shortages. This will impact counterinsurgency-related positions during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The country’s Ministry of Defense said these positions are not currently in high demand.
Previously Hussein statedBaghdad is ready to mediate between Russia and Ukraine.