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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

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announces that six of its fighters were killed in a drone strike on a US base at al-Omar oilfield in eastern Syria - Statement

Iraqi armed factions: Targeting the American Al-Omar oil field base in Syria with drones

The Pentagon: An evaluation of the strikes in Iraq and Syria showed that 84 out of 85 targets were destroyed or functionally damaged.

An Iraqi security source told Al-Sharq: The leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Naji al-Kaabi, was assassinated by fire from unknown gunmen in Maysan Governorate.

Biden in a message to the US House of Representatives: I did not violate the Constitution in the strikes on Syria and Iraq, and I will not hesitate to do so again

Biden in a message to the US House of Representatives: If necessary, I will direct additional measures, including against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Biden in a message to the US House of Representatives: The strikes on Syria and Iraq are aimed at deterring the Revolutionary Guard and its militias from threatening our forces and interests.

Biden in a message to the US House of Representatives: Iranian militias carried out attacks against our forces in Syria and Iraq, so a response was necessary.

Turkish Ministry of Defense: 5 Kurdistan Workers' Party militants killed in northern Iraq

Lebanon Hezbollah: “US aggression on Iraq, Syria, and Yemen expose false claims of not seeking to expand the conflict in the region; on the contrary, it contributes to inflaming conflict, tension, and escalating wars in the region”

Al-Nujaba militia, issues a threat of retaliation against the recent US airstrikes, asserting their capability to match and surpass the actions of the US — statement

Iraqi Prime Minister @mohamedshia announced one day general mourning for those who killed by the US attacks on Iranian Backed Groups in Iraq yesterday evening

Islamic Resistance in Iraq: We attacked the "Kharab al-Jir" base deep inside Syria with drones, and we confirm the continued destruction of enemy strongholds.

Russian Foreign Ministry: We call for a session of the UN Security Council to study the situation following the U.S. strikes

Turkish soldier killed in clash with PKK in Kurdistan Region

The Iraqi Parliament: The international coalition forces are now threatening the security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq and must be removed immediately