On Tuesday, Kataib Hezbollah, a group believed to be responsible for the weekend’s drone attack in Jordan which killed three US service members, said it was stopping all attacks on US forces due to pressure from Tehran, Reuters reported.
At the White House on Wednesday, National Security spokesman John Kirby said the attack in Jordan was “planned, resourced, and facilitated” by an umbrella group in Iraq called Islamic Resistance, a coalition of Iran-backed forces including Kataib Hezbollah.
“You can’t take what a group like Kataib Hezbollah says at face value, they’re not the only group that’s attacking us. They’re not the sole proprietors of the violence,” Kirby said.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said these groups will be judged by what they do, not what they say. READ MORE
