Iranian proxy in Iraq vows to expand attacks on US bases in the region
A shadowy Shiite militia in Iraq has threatened to strike US military bases across the Arabian Peninsula, expanding the number of recent attacks on American troops by Iran-backed military groups.
US forces in Iraq and Syria have faced a surge in rocket and drone attacks due to Washington's support for Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip after Hamas operatives killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, in cross-border raids on October 7.
The Israeli attacks have killed more than 6,500 people so far, most of them civilians, leading to widespread anger across the Middle East.
“We affirm that our patience has limits,” Alwiyat Al Waad Al Haq – Abnaa Al Jazeera Al Arabiya (AWH), or the True Pledge Brigades – The Sons of the Arabian Peninsula, said on Telegram late on Tuesday.
The statement went on to say the group considered US bases in the region as targets.
AWH is considered to be one of many groups created by Tehran, comprising trusted fighters from its most powerful militias in Iraq.
The small, elite and fiercely loyal bands are highly trained in drone warfare, surveillance and online propaganda, and answer directly to officers in the Quds Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that controls allied militias abroad.
These militias have been responsible for a series of increasingly sophisticated attacks against the US and its allies in Iraq and abroad.
AWH claimed responsibility for drone attacks on the Arabian peninsula in 2021 and 2022.
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