The Iranian - backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq has threatened to target “ US interests ” in the Middle East if the US intervenes in the Israel-Iran conflict, according to several regional Arabic reports. Forces intercepted “several Iranian missiles aimed at their military bases” that were launched from across the border in Iraq, where the militias are based. There are approximately 40 militant groups backed by Iran in the region, Baraa Shiban , an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a British defense and security think-tank,. BAGHDAD, Iraq — Several powerful Iranian - backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump. Several of the Iran - backed militia groups operating in Iraq are set to demilitarize for the first time to avoid conflict with the US following President Trump’s threats to Tehran’s proxies,. US President Joe Biden cast the blame on Iran-backed groups, promising retribution. An umbrella group of Iranian - backed militias in Iraq said it had attacked US positions along the. Several powerful Iranian - backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of escalating conflict with the US, according to senior commanders and Iraqi officials speaking to Reuters. With the focus on Yemen and the Houthis highlighted as the last remaining Iranian proxy, in reality it is the Iranian - controlled Iraqi militias (Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF or PMU). A number of powerful Iraqi militias backed by Iran are reportedly willing to lay down their weapons in order to avoid US escalation in the region. The past few weeks, from Syria and Lebanon to the Red Sea and even into Iraq, there have been confrontations between the United States or Israeli troops and militias backed by Iran .
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