Iraq Says 16 Killed in US Strikes, Calls Security Risk Grave
- US strikes overnight came in retaliation for troop deaths
- Iran says Washington is stoking regional instability
Destruction at the headquarters of Hashd al-Shaabi in Al-Qa'im city of Anbar, Iraq on Feb. 3.
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Iraq’s government said civilians were among at least 16 people killed in a wave of US airstrikes that the Middle Eastern country called a grave risk to security in the region.
Dozens of US strikes late Friday targeted Iranian forces and militias in Iraq and Syria. They were in retaliation for a drone attack a week ago in northeast Jordan by an Iran-linked militant group in which three American soldiers were killed. The strikes also injured at least 25 and damaged residential buildings, Iraq said.