&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "'No approval, no prior knowledge': Iraq rejects coordination claim after US-Saudi bombing")
Iraq has denied having any prior knowledge of the recent US-Saudi strikes on its territory that killed at least 20 members of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), rejecting suggestions that Baghdad had authorised the operation.
According to Al Jazeera, citing Iraq’s state news agency, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has postponed a planned visit to Saudi Arabia following the attacks. Government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said Baghdad “has not granted any approval for attacks on specific sites or groups within Iraqi territory” and stressed that “the government had no prior knowledge of the attacks on Iraqi territory”.
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The remarks came after US President Donald Trump claimed the strikes had been coordinated with the Iraqi government. Baghdad, however, publicly condemned the attacks on Wednesday and has now directly contradicted Trump’s assertion. Iraq has also sought evidence from Saudi Arabia over allegations that Iran-backed armed groups operating inside Iraqi territory launched drone attacks against the kingdom.
According to the Saudi defence ministry, drones launched from Iraq targeted critical infrastructure and the capital Riyadh on Monday and Tuesday. However, Iraqi Prime Minister’s spokesperson Sabah al-Numan said no proof had been presented to support those claims. “No party has provided any evidence to substantiate these claims so far,” al-Numan told the Iraqi News Agency, as quoted by CNN.
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He added that Iraq would neither allow armed groups to carry out unilateral attacks from its territory nor accept violations of its sovereignty by external actors. “The government will not tolerate any unilateral actions originating from within Iraq, while at the same time it will not accept any violation coming from outside its borders,” al-Numan said.
