The Iraqi militia Al Nujaba, one of the most prominent pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance groups in Iraq, said today that it would respond to United States bombings against positions of Iranian groups on Iraqi and Syrian territory in retaliation for the deaths of three of its soldiers in Jordan.
“Let the American occupying power and its unfortunate government know that the Islamic Resistance will respond with what it deems appropriate at the time and place it desires, and that this is not the end,” the pro- Iranian armed movement in a statement broadcast via its channel. from Telegram.
Al Nujaba, considered a terrorist group by Washington, said it “has surprises in store that will antagonize the enemy” and that its goal is to force the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
“We repeat, for the deaf to hear, that we will neither call a ceasefire nor withdraw, nor will we be defeated,” the pro-Iranian movement said in the note describing the US bombings, the 16th There have been claims of fatalities on site as a violation of “the sovereignty and dignity of Iraq”.
Even before the US bombings and in the face of threats of retaliation from Washington, Al Nujaba warned on Friday that it would not stop its operations against US positions in the Middle East until the war in Gaza ended and US troops were withdrawn from Iraq .
In doing so, the group distanced itself from the announcement by Kataib Hezbollah, the flagship of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which announced the cessation of its operations after the deaths of three American soldiers in Jordan.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq coalition of pro-Iranian militias has carried out more than 160 attacks on Washington positions on Iraqi and Syrian soil since the war in Gaza began on October 7, but the action that killed three Americans was the first to cause fatalities.
In addition to Kataib Hezbollah, Al Nujaba also belongs to the militia group Popular Multitude, which is de facto integrated into the Iraqi armed forces and whose positions were the target of the US attacks in Iraq on Friday.