Tehran 13 March_The Iraqi military and the presidency have condemned new US airstrikes, saying they killed soldiers, police officers and civilians overnight.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_“The Iraqi Presidency condemns airstrikes on several bases in Iraq, including a recently opened airport in the Holy City of Karbala which led to the death of security forces and civilians,” the presidency said in a statement on Friday.
The Iraqi military also denounced the US strikes as a targeted aggression against the nation's official armed forces and a violation of its sovereignty.
According to the Iraqi military statement, three soldiers, two police officers and one civilian were killed in the attacks.
The statement said four soldiers, two police officers, one civilian, and five individuals affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) were also wounded.
The Pentagon had said earlier on Friday that the strikes targeted five weapons stores used by Iraqi groups that “targeted US forces.”
Iraqi resistance groups denied such accusations even though they supported fighting occupying US forces.
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