The militias, Iran, and their allies in Iraq’s parliament and the judiciary, have been keen on punishing the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and chipping away at its economic autonomy and political standing. Relocating to Erbil would give them fresh pretext for attacking and harassing it. Islamic Resistance in Iraq has openly announced that it answers to Iran ' s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei. The subgroups that make it up talk about their presence and military. The network that Iran calls the “axis of resistance” includes Hamas, Hezbollah, the Syrian government , the Houthis of Yemen and armed groups in Syria and Iraq. The deaths of three American troops in a drone strike marks a major escalation in what the US says is an ongoing campaign against it by militia groups who are backed by Iran . 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 administration, 10 senior. Iraq has long struggled to balance its ties with the U.S. And Iran, both allies of the Iraqi government but regional archenemies. The Iraqi government angrily condemned the U.S. Airstrikes this week against an Iran-backed militia , Kataeb Hezbollah , which is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces. A group called the "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" has claimed responsibility for a drone attack that killed three U.S. Service members in Jordan. It creates a threat to the U.S. Military in the. Militant groups backed by Iran , which supports Hamas and for years has engaged in a shadow war with Israel, have joined in. These groups — part of Iran ’s so-called axis of resistance — have.
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