US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday night about the attacks by U.S. on Ketaib Hezbollah forces in Iraq
Pompeo also spoke with terrorist Benjamin Netanyahu, the United Nations and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE about the attacks.
On 29 December 2019, the United States bombed the headquarters of of Kata'ib Hezbollah. The airstrikes targeted three Kata'ib Hezbollah locations in Iraq near Al-Qaim, and two in Syria, and included weapons depots and command posts. The attack was carried out on the pretext of retaliation after a barrage of over 30 rockets were fired towards the K-1 two days earlier and other attacks on bases with US forces in Iraq. The earlier attack killed a US contractor and wounded several Iraqi and US soldiers.
Iraq's Health Ministry reported that 28 people were killed and 48 wounded in the attack.
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