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/ White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby apologized on Tuesday for his erroneous statement that Washington had informed Baghdad before carrying out airstrikes in the Al-Qaim and Akashat areas of Anbar Governorate a few days ago.
On Monday, the US State Department reported that the United States did not inform Iraq before carrying out the strikes on the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the pro-Iranian factions in Akashat and Al-Qaim, west of Anbar Governorate.
Kirby had previously told reporters on Friday that the United States had informed Iraq before carrying out the strikes.
An American base in Jordan was attacked by a drone on January 28, killing 3 American soldiers and wounding more than 40 others, for which Washington held Iranian-backed factions responsible.
The United States responded on Friday with a series of air strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria and Iraq.
Kirby stressed at the time that the strikes targeting Iranian-backed groups were just the first round of measures that would continue later.
Since the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization in the United States and other countries, on October 7, the US military has been subjected to more than 160 attacks in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, according to Reuters.