2025-09-18T15:44:38+00:00
Shafaq News – Washington
The United States once again targeted Iran and its aligned armed
factions through Washington’s designation of four Iraqi armed factions as
Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), Fox News reported on Wednesday.
The State Department identified them as Harakat al-Nujaba,
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kataib al-Imam
Ali, all of which had already been sanctioned by the Treasury Department in
2023. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the groups were behind attacks
on the US Embassy in Baghdad and bases hosting US and Coalition forces, often
operating under proxy names.
According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
(FDD), the factions form the core of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI),
which gained prominence after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault on Israel
and was blamed for the drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan in
January 2024, Fox News further pointed out.
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