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US CENTCOM Confirms Strikes Against IRGC and Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed airstrike and bomber operations in Iraq and Syria targeting “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.”
https://twitter.com/centcom/status/1753534149523017922?s=46&t=We8RLpx8YdsN15-tpkJtww
At least 125 strikes against 85 targets, including “command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia...
U.S. and Iraq to Begin Talks that Could Lead to Withdrawal of Remaining American Troops
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Anonymous American officials have said the coming days will likely include talks that will see the withdrawal of American forces in Iraq. The two countries had been working in tandem to fight the Islamic State for years but are likely to decide soon whether or not to remain in the country. The unnamed officials also said that the...
Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Leader Calls for Islamic Resistance in Iraq to Begin “Second Phase” of Operations Against Israel
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What to Know:
Abu Ala al-Walai, leader of the Iran-backed Shia militia Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, has released a statement calling on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to begin its "second phase of their blessed operations," which would include "enforcing the blockade on Zionist maritime navigation in the Mediterranean Sea, and removing the entity’s ports."
https://twitter.com/aboalaa_alwalae/status/1749918306973143402
Context:
The statement followed United States airstrikes against...
CENTCOM Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Kataib Hezbollah
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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has released a brief statement confirming that American airstrikes targeted elements of the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group in response to continued attacks, including the one against al-Asad Airbase over the weekend, which left several American service members wounded with TBIs
The statement added that airstrikes were carried out "against three facilities used by...
Reports of Explosion at Iraqi Military Base Near Baghdad
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Preliminary reporting from Iraqi media sources have indicated that a weapons depot exploded at a base belonging to the Iraqi Army's 17th Division in Mahmoudiya, southwest of Baghdad.
Exact cause of the blast and number of casualties, if any, remain unknown at this time.
https://twitter.com/SarwanBarzani_/status/1749525634018058263
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