Hezbollah militia in Iraq says it will halt all attacks against American forces in region
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The largest Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, has unexpectedly said it will cease its attacks on the U.S. military in retaliation for the war in Gaza out of respect to the Iraqi government.
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The Iraqi militia’s announcement was the result of Iranian influence and Iraqi political developments, analysts say, ahead of a looming US military response to the killing of American soldiers in Jordan.
The largest Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, has unexpectedly said it will cease its attacks on the U.S. military in retaliation for the war in Gaza out of respect to the Iraqi government.
U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. has decided how to retaliate for the attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan. Kataib Hezbollah says it will suspend attacks against U.S. troops. And, Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers storm a hospital in the West Bank.
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