The Iraqi government spokesperson says that the US–Saudi airstrikes targeting the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) were carried out without Baghdad’s prior knowledge, Iran’s state-run IRNA reports.
“The government had no prior knowledge of the attacks carried out on Iraqi territory,” Haider al-Aboudi told the state-owned Iraqi News Agency (INA) late on Thursday, noting, “The government has not granted any approval to carry out attacks on specific sites or targeted groups within Iraqi territory.”
