The Hezbollah Brigades, highly influential Iraqi armed organization, an ally of Tehran, vehemently accused the United States today for strikes they are carrying out in Iraq, after the drone attack that killed a senior commander of that organization in Baghdad.

On Wednesday night in the Iraqi capital, a drone strike killed a senior commander of the Hezbollah Brigades, Abu Bakr al-Saadi, who was accused by the US military of being directly responsible for planning and participating in attacks against US forces” in Middle East.

A week ago, Washington had already carried out strikes in Iraq and Syria against elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian armed groups in retaliation for an attack in late January that killed three Americans in the Jordanian desert on the Syrian border. .

Since mid-October, pro-Iranian armed groups have fired dozens of rockets and carry out drone strikes against US troops and those of the international anti-jihadist coalition deployed in Iraq and Syria.

“For the blood shed by our commanders and our fighters, America and those who deny or prevent the withdrawal of the occupying forces from Iraq are responsible,” Hezbollah Brigades – Kataeb Hezbollah charged in Arabic.

“Let them know that our nation will not abandon the blood of its martyrs and that its men are always determined to fight,” the organization adds.

Since mid-October, more than 165 attacks have targeted U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, amid heightened violence in the Gaza war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas.

Most of these attacks were claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”, a nebula of pro-Iranian fighters to which the Hezbollah Brigades belong.

The group, designated a “terrorist” group by Washington and under sanctions, has been repeatedly bombed by Washington.

US officials said the attack in Jordan bore “the imprint of Kataeb Hezbollah”. Faced with the threat of a US response, the organization announced at the end of January the “suspension” of its “military operations” against US forces.

In an explosive regional environment, Iraqi authorities will on Sunday resume negotiations that had begun with Washington on the future of the international coalition against the Islamic State group.

Baghdad wants to get a timeline of the troop drawdown — although Iraq’s partners are more cautious about the terminology used.

The US is deploying 2,500 troops to Iraq with the coalition. Today, troops are providing aid and advice to government forces to prevent the return of Islamic State.