The Iraqi Ministerial Council for National Security issued orders to defend and confront airstrikes targeting Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and national armed forces headquarters.
The military spokesperson emphasized in a statement Iraq's right to defend its sovereignty by all means, vowing to pursue the entities attacking official institutions.
This field escalation was accompanied by diplomatic moves, as Baghdad summoned the US Chargé d'Affaires and the Iranian Ambassador to deliver protest notes following strikes in Anbar, Babylon, and Erbil.
