Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim attack on Israel

A pro-Iran coalition in Iraq claimed responsibility for a drone attack against Israel on 22nd September, according to Reuters.

The Iraq coalition stated on Telegram that “The fighters of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted on Sunday morning a strategic location in the occupied territories using drones,” and that the attacks against Israel were “in support of our people in Gaza”. Israel’s military said it had intercepted “multiple suspicious aerial targets” coming from Iraq overnight. It came as regional tensions threatened to spill over almost a year into the war in Gaza, which has drawn in Iran-backed groups across the region.

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Hezbollah, another group supported by Tehran, announced on the same day that they had launched rockets as Israeli military sites as an “initial response” to Israeli attacks on pagers and radios in Lebanon earlier this week.

An alliance of Iran-backed groups named The Islamic Resistance of Iraq has taken responsibility for a number of attacks against Israel in recent months, all of which have been intercepted according to Israel’s military.

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The group also claimed more than 175 rocket and drone attacks US troops in Iraq and Syria last winter. In response, US forces carried out strikes against these factions in both countries. Attacks on US troops have declined in recent months.

Reuters.