8 killed in Israeli air strike over Iran-backed forces in Syria

Baghdad, Ta. January 10, 2020, Friday

In the Middle East, where the clouds of conflict between the United States and Iran are still surrounded, Israel has worked to burn the fire. Israeli F-351 fighter planes launched an air strike on Iran-Syrian border Friday morning targeting Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Force.

In which 8 members of the PF were killed. The situation in the Middle East has become more serious as Israel jumps into the conflict between the United States and Iran following the death of Iran's top commander General Qasim Sulaimani in the American Air Strike.

According to some reports, two Israeli Air Force F-351 fighter planes targeted trucks and members of the PMF on the Iraq-Syria border at Bokuml in Syria. The PMF is also known as Hashd al-Shabi. This organization is backed by Iran. America has declared it a terrorist organization.

Iraqi security officials and other officials said Israeli fighter planes targeted vehicles carrying missiles along the Syrian border. He added that eight members of the PMF were killed in the attack while several others sustained serious injuries. As such, the death toll is likely to rise.

In recent years, Israel has been repeatedly attacking Iranian-backed forces in Syria and has warned against Iran's permanent presence on the Syrian border. The deputy head of Hashd al-Shabi was also killed in a drone attack in the US last week alongside Qasim Sulaiman, the Iranian commander.

After Sulaimani's death, Iran threatened retaliation against the United States and targeted airbuses in Iraq's Irbil and Al Assad areas, where American forces and allied forces have camped.

At the same time, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned countries like Israel that if the Middle East countries assist American forces in attacking them, they will respond to them.

US refuses to withdraw troops from Iraq

Baghdad / Washington, Ta. 10

Iraq told the United States on Friday to send a delegation to Baghdad to begin preparations for withdrawal of security forces from the country, but the US refused to withdraw its forces from Iraq.

Iraqi guard Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi on Friday asked the United States to send a delegation to Baghdad to begin preparations to withdraw its security forces from Iraq.

Abdel Mahdi spoke to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the phone and urged him to send a delegation to implement the Iraqi parliament's decision to set up a mechanism to safely withdraw foreign forces from Iraq.

The United States imposes new sanctions on Iran after the missile attack

(PTI) Washington, Ta. 10

Iraq told the United States on Friday to send a delegation to Baghdad to begin preparations for withdrawal of security forces from the country, but the US refused to withdraw its forces from Iraq.

The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday in retaliation for a missile attack earlier this week by the Islamic Republic on an American base in Iraq.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Finance Minister Steven Nuchin said new sanctions had been imposed by targeting eight senior Iranian officials. These officials were involved in spreading unrest in the Middle East and Tuesday's missile attacks.

US President Trump will issue orders imposing sanctions on Iran's textile, construction, manufacturing or mining sectors. Besides, separate sanctions will be imposed against the steel and iron sectors.

Donald Trump had previously withdrew and imposed sanctions on Iran under US sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal. That has had a profound impact on Iran's economic development and its oil exports have reached a historic bottom.