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US will continue its operations in Iraq and Syria — Biden

The military committee meetings with Iraqi officials do not include discussions about the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, according to the Pentagon's statement to Sky News Arabia

The Iraqi Oil Minister: Negotiations with oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region are towards resolution

Iran's proxy umbrella announces a full resumption of attacks on the U.S. in Iraq & Syria, seeking to expel it from the region. The "Islamic Resistance" says "painful strikes and broad attacks" are forthcoming

Initial assessments indicate more than 40 militants associated with Iranian proxy groups were killed in U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria, says @PentagonPresSec

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq: The American strikes are an unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq: We will submit a complaint to the Security Council regarding the American strikes

The International Coalition: We look forward to continuing military talks with our Iraqi partners on Sunday and discussing the transitional phase of our mission

"We have been reassured by United States officials.that there's not going to be any withdrawal [from Syria] anytime soon" SDF commander @MazloumAbdi tells reporters

Iran strongly condemned the assassination of the senior Kataib Hezbollah commander by the US in Baghdad, saying that Abu Baqer Al-Saedi was a senior commander in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned US’ killing of Iraqi resistance members as “a clear example of American state terrorism” and its “support for Israeli crimes against Palestinians”.

Turkish intel ‘neutralizes’ Yunus Demir, senior PKK terrorist in northern Iraq's Gara region, wanted by top category red notice

An Iraqi military spokesman: What the international coalition is doing is pushing the government more than ever before to finish its mission

An Iraqi military spokesman: The international coalition threatens to drag the country into the conflict

An Iraqi military spokesman: The international coalition completely exceeds the reasons and purposes for which it was found on our land

An Iraqi military spokesman: U.S. forces irresponsibly repeatedly commit everything that might undermine the understandings

The Iraqi Prime Minister: The repeated "irresponsible" US strikes threaten civil peace and violate Iraq's sovereignty

USCENTCOM Conducts Strike Killing Kata’ib Hezbollah Senior Leader. At 9:30 p.m. (Baghdad Time) February 7, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S. service members, killing a Kata’ib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region. There are no indications of collateral damage or civilian casualties at this time. The United States will continue to take necessary action to protect our people. We will not hesitate to hold responsible all those who threaten our forces’ safety

Calls by Iran-backed telegram channels to gather in Jadiriyah and head to the US embassy in Baghdad

Iraqi media: The leaders of the Iraqi Hezbollah, Arkan Al-Olayawi and Abu Baqir Al-Saadi, were killed as a result of the bombing in Baghdad.

US official has just confirmed that the US was involved in an airstrike in Baghdad Iraq that hit a high-value individual target (HVI) or (HVT)

Abu Baqir al-Saadi, the head of Kataib Hezbollah's foreign relations, was allegedly killed in the drone strike in Baghdad

4 powerful explosions sounded east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

3 successive explosions sounded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad

Drone airstrike targeted a vehicle in Mashtal neighborhood, eastern Baghdad

3 explosions reported in Baladiyat, east of Baghdad. Smoke poll rising

US State Department: Stopping US strikes depends on Iran stopping its support and financing of the militias

Head of the UN mission in Iraq: Attacks from inside and outside Iraq may lead to a decline in the country's stability

Head of the UN mission in Iraq: Sending messages through strikes only leads to escalation of tension

US assessing that it destroyed 80 of the 85 targets it hit during Friday's wave of airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq & Syria, per @PentagonPresSec MajGen Pat Ryder. No US estimate on casualties

Syrian Democratic Forces: We affirm our right to an appropriate military response to the source of the attack on the Al-Omar field