On February 4, according to comprehensive reports, on the 3rd local time, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani announced a three-day mourning event in ** departments and institutions in all provinces across the country to mourn the victims of the US air strikes on Iraq.
According to previous reports, on the evening of the 2nd Eastern Time, the US military carried out airstrikes on targets of armed groups supported by Iran in Syria and Iraq.
According to the U.S. Command, the U.S. military dispatched a "huge number" of fighter jets, including long-range bombers from the U.S. mainland. John Kirby, the coordinator of strategic communications at the U.S. Committee, said that the U.S. military attacked 85 military targets in Iraq and Syria during the airstrike, and said that Iraq had been notified before the airstrike.
Iraq's spokesman, Basim al-Awadi, denied any coordination between Iran and the United States about the attack, and confirmed that 16 people were killed and 25 injured in the attack.
Iraq summoned the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Iraq on the 3rd to formally respond to the U.S. airstrikes on targets in Iraq.
*: China News Network).