Kataib Hezbollah and several other Shiite groups have welcomed the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Iraq<\/p>\n
Shiite militias hailed the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on Wednesday as a \u201chistoric victory\u201d over Washington, which maintained a military presence in the country for a combined 20 years.
\nCommenting on the departure of US service members from Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq, Abu Mojtaba al-Yasiri, a commander of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed that the event represented a \u201ccrushing defeat for the American project.\u201d
\nAbu Mujahid al-Assaf, a senior representative of another Shiite militia, Kataib Hezbollah, echoed his sentiment, saying that the \u201cexpulsion of the occupation forces, defeated, from the land of Iraq is the beginning of full sovereignty.\u201d
\nUnlike in 2011, this time around US troops are leaving Iraq for good, retired US Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant Dennis Fritz told RT, predicting that the American military footprint in the broader Middle East is bound to significantly diminish as well.<\/p>\n
A number of Iraqi Shiite armed groups backed Iran after the US and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic in late February, firing missiles and drones at US military installations.
\nIn its latest statement, Kataib Hezbollah warned the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi against complying with US sanctions targeting Iranian airlines that were introduced last week, as RT\u2019s Salman Kujari reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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