Pro-Iran militia in Iraq threatens to attack region's US interests

Tehran [Iran], June 16: A pro-Iran Iraqi militia on Sunday threatened to attack US interests in the region if Washington intervenes in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.
"While Iran is confronting the Zionist aggression with bravery and steadfastness, we are closely monitoring the movements of the American enemy army in the region," the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq said.
"If America intervenes in the war, we will act directly against its interests and bases spread in the region without hesitation," the militia added in an online statement attributed to its chief Abu Hussein Al Hamidawi.
The US has military bases and around 2,500 troops in Iraq as part of an international coalition against the terrorist Islam State organization.
Al Hamidawi also called on the Iraqi government to close the US embassy in Baghdad and expel the American forces, describing them as the "most obvious and dangerous threat" to Iraq's security and the region's stability. Iraq maintains good ties both with its neighbour Iran and the US.
Baghdad looks at pains to stay clear of the current war between Iran and its sworn foe Israel.
An umbrella grouping of pro-Iran militias, known as Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has repeatedly claimed strikes on US bases inside Iraq and neighbouring Syria with drones and missiles since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023.
Source: Qatar Tribune