Iraq to summon US, Iran envoys over deadly attacks: PM’s office

Iraqi government says it plans to deliver ‘formal notes of protest’ amid recent strikes tied to US-Israeli war on Iran.Iraq says it plans to summon the US and Iranian envoys to the country to denounce a string of deadly attacks on Iraqi territory, as the country has been increasingly dragged into the US-Israeli war on Iran.Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would “deliver formal notes of protest” to the US charge d’affaires in Iraq and the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad over recent strikes.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Deadly air attack hits pro-Iran Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraqlist 2 of 3Despite Trump’s peace talk claims, US-Israeli attacks continue to hit Iranlist 3 of 3Which countries have strategic oil reserves – and how much?end of listThose attacks include the targeting of the headquarters of the army’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Anbar province, as well as the Kurdistan Regional Guard headquarters in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, the statement said.Issued after a meeting of Iraq’s National Security Council, the statement also said the Foreign Affairs Ministry will lodge a formal complaint at the United Nations Security Council “concerning acts of aggression and their consequences”.Iraq is among several countries across the Middle East to have faced attacks linked to the US-Israeli assault on Iran, which began on February 28.Earlier on Tuesday, the Iraqi presidency condemned the attack on the PMF’s command headquarters in Anbar, which killed at least 15 people, including the regional operations commander.Also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi, the PMF is a branch of the Iraqi army that includes some Iran-aligned armed groups.Meanwhile, authorities in Iraq’s Kurdish region accused Iran of launching two ballistic missile attacks on Kurdish forces, killing six people and wounding 30 others.