Behind the scenes, Iraqi officers have tried to rein within the militias, whereas additionally condemning U.S. retaliatory strikes as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and calling for an exit of the two,500 US troops who’re within the nation as a part of a world coalition to battle IS. Final month, Iraqi and US army officers launched formal talks to wind down the coalition’s presence, a course of that may doubtless take years.
One of many fundamental Iran-backed militias, Kataib Hezbollah, stated it was suspending assaults on American troops following Sunday’s strike that killed the US troops in Jordan, to keep away from ”embarrassing” the Iraqi authorities.