US attack on Jurf al-Nasr ‘violation of Iraqi sovereignty’: PM

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has slammed the United States’ latest attack on the Jurf al-Nasr area, reiterating his country’s commitment to safeguarding its borders and sovereignty against any aggression.

Sudani made the remarks in a phone call with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Saturday, emphasizing that Baghdad considers as a "violation of Iraqi sovereignty" the US attack on paramilitary forces stationed in the area last month.

He also reiterated Iraq's unwavering commitment to protecting international coalition advisors currently stationed in the country, as he conveyed the Iraqi government’s staunch rejection of any attacks on its territory.

On November 22, US airstrikes killed eight members of the anti-terror resistance group Kata'ib Hezbollah in the Jurf al-Sakhar region.

Iraq slams US airstrikes on anti-terror resistance group as attempt to disrupt its stable security situation

The Iraqi government condemns US attacks on paramilitary forces stationed south of Baghdad.

Kata'ib Hezbollah, which has been targeting US forces in Iraq over the past weeks in response to Washington’s support for ongoing Israeli aggression on Palestine, said in a statement that it would attack a wider array of targets if US strikes are repeated.

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), an umbrella group of paramilitary forces that controls Kata'ib Hezbollah, also said that it would never shun its responsibility for defending Iraq’s territorial integrity.