Iraq says 16 people, including civilians, killed in ‘new US aggression’

At least 16 people have been killed in US strikes in Iraq, Civilians were among those killed and 25 people were wounded in the bombings that targeted both civilian and security areas,

“This aggressive strike will put security in Iraq and the region on the brink of the abyss,” the Iraqi government said, and denied Washington’s claims of coordinating the air attacks with Baghdad as “false” and “aimed at misleading international public opinion”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently summoned the US charge d’affaires in Baghdad to deliver a formal protest.

The Syrian Ministry of Defence slammed the “aggression of the American occupation forces”, which it said was attempting “to weaken the ability of the Syrian Arab Army and its allies in the field of fighting terrorism”, adding that the areas targeted were the same where the military is fighting remnants of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/3/us-warns-of-more-retaliatory-strikes-as-it-hits-iraq-syria-amid-gaza-war