Another threat from pro-Iranian armed groups: They vowed to continue attacking the international anti-jihadi coalition

Pro-Iranian armed groups vowed to continue their attacks against them on Friday International Anti-Jihadist CoalitionDespite the upcoming negotiations between Iraq and the United States about the presence of these troops in Iraqi territory.

Washington has forces in Iraq as part of an international coalition against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), but after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas The troops have faced repeated attacks, prompting the United States to launch counterattacks in Iraq.

The volatile situation has forced the Iraqi prime minister, whose government depends on the support of Iran-aligned parties, to call for the coalition to leave.

The United States and Iraq announced Thursday that they are starting military talks, which Baghdad hopes will lead to a timetable for reducing forces.

In a statement on Telegram, The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”.A loose alliance of Iran-linked groups opposed to US support for Israel in the Gaza conflict said the US agreement to negotiate was “an attempt to change the deck and buy time.”

“The response of the Islamic resistance will be to continue its operations against the foreign presence… until its true intentions and the seriousness of its commitment to withdraw its forces are demonstrated,” the group said.

Iraq’s foreign ministry said Thursday that Washington and Baghdad had agreed to create working groups that would eventually “set a clear and clear timeline… and begin the gradual withdrawal of its (coalition) advisers from Iraqi soil.”

The ministry said the timeline would depend on an assessment of “the threat posed by IS and its threat” as well as “strengthening the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces”.

Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary, Sabrina Singhtold reporters Thursday that the U.S. military footprint in Iraq “will certainly be part of the negotiations as they move forward.”

Earlier, a senior US defense official said the upcoming meetings would not be negotiations on the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, but said Washington “sees the need to transition to a normal bilateral relationship of cooperation on security”.

There are approx 2,500 US troops deployed to Iraq And around 900 in Syria as part of an anti-IS coalition formed in 2014, the jihadist group has captured around a third of Iraq.

Earlier this month, the Islamic Resistance confirmed a drone attack on a military base with a US presence Air billThe latest in a series of similar actions in that country as part of the war in Gaza, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

“The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacked the captured Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq. With drones, and the Islamic Resistance confirms the continued destruction of its enemy strongholds,” the pro-Iranian group said in a statement.

(With information from AFP and EFE)