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Iraq slams US strikes that killed eight pro-Iran fighters

US military vehicles at the Ain al-Assad airbase in Anbar province, Iraq in January 2020 [File: John Davison/Reuters]

The government in Baghdad has condemned the United States for a series of air raids which killed eight Iran-backed fighters, saying it violated Iraqi sovereignty.

The US did not coordinate the attacks on militia positions south of Baghdad on Tuesday and early Wednesday morning with Iraq, government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said. The strikes constitute an “unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty”, he added.

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