Attacks from all sides: Why Iraq was dragged into US-Israel war on Iran
Al Jazeera
Iraq has seen attacks from both sides of the conflict: Iran and its proxies target US bases while US has bombed pro-Iran groups.
Within hours of the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran, US assets in Iraq’s Kurdistan region came under retaliatory attacks from Tehran-backed groups, dragging the country into the conflict that has since expanded across the Middle East and beyond.
Since then, US assets located in Iraq have come under multiple attacks from pro-Iran groups and Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC). The US has also carried out attacks against these Iraqi groups.
During a news conference in the capital, Baghdad, on Monday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said, “Iraq has become one of the countries directly affected by the ongoing conflict.” The country, Hussein said, is facing attacks from “both sides of the conflict”.
Iran has also carried out near-daily attacks on US assets in the energy-rich Gulf countries, causing a spike in oil prices and threatening the global economy.
In this explainer, we unpack what is happening in Iraq and why.
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