2024 United States airstrikes on Kata'ib Hezbollah
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On 24 January 2024, the United States launched an attack on Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq.[2][3][4] The airstrike destroyed a Kata'ib Hezbollah headquarters building and other Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities.
Background[change | change source]
According to the United States, the airstrikes were done in retaliation for attacks against the United States. These attacks included the al-Asad Airbase attack four days earlier.[5] The United States reported that Kata'ib Hezbollah was responsible for the attack.[4] The airstrikes and airbase attack are part of a regional escalation of the Israel–Hamas war and the United States–Iran proxy war.[3] Kata'ib Hezbollah is controlled by the Quds Force, which is a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.[6][7]
Attack[change | change source]
At approximately 12:15 a.m. Iraq time, the United States launched the airstrikes. The airstrikes destroyed three Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities.[2] These included a headquarters building, a training facility, and storage facility.[4] The U.S. airstrikes destroyed Kata'ib Hezbollah rockets, missiles, and one-way attack drones.[4] The United States conducted these airstrikes without consulting any allies.[4][3][8][9] Seven members of Kata'ib Hezbollah were killed in the airstrikes.[1]
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friden, Liz (24 January 2024). "JUST IN: Up to 7 Kataib Hezbollah Iran proxy fighters were killed in yesterday's U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, a U.S. defense official tells Fox News. Two headquarters and an intelligence facility were destroyed, according to initial reports" (Post on 𝕏). 𝕏 (Formerly Twitter). Washington, D.C.: Fox News. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Copp, Tara; Baldor, Lolita C. (24 January 2024). "US hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen as fight with Iranian proxies intensifies" (News article). AP News. Washington, D.C.: Associated Press (AP). Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Liebermann, Oren; Britzky, Haley (23 January 2024). "US carries out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq" (News article). CNN. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 United States Department of Defense (24 January 2024). "U.S. Forces Strike Kataib Hezbollah Capabilities in Iraq" (Post on 𝕏). 𝕏 (Formerly Twitter). United States federal government. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ↑ "US strikes Iran-backed militia in Iraq". 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ↑ "Kata'ib Hezbollah: A Dominant Iraqi Pro-Iranian Militia". The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. 2 January 2023.
- ↑ Roggio, Bill (November 1, 2023). "PROFILES OF 15 IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST". The Long War Journal.
- ↑ "US launches strikes in Iraq on militia groups backed by Iran". The Guardian. 2024-01-24. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ↑ "US strikes targets in Iraq after forces wounded". Reuters.
