Friday, September 27, 2024

Farewell Baghdad? Iran shifts to consolidate its power in Iraq - analysis

In a communication issued in the early morning hours of September 23, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility for launching a drone at an Israeli target in the southern Golan Heights. 

According to the communique, which began with a passage from the Quran, “In response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against Palestinian civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted this morning an observation base of the Zionist Golani Brigade in our occupied territories, using drones. 

The Islamic Resistance confirms it will continue to destroy the strongholds of the enemy.”


A day earlier, the group claimed to have launched a drone attack at an Israeli target in the Jordan Valley. 

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella term used by the Iraqi Shi’ite militias when describing their actions against US and Israeli targets. READ MORE