BAGHDAD, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella body for Iraq's pro-Iranian militias, announced on Saturday morning that its fighters carried out 23 operations against "enemy bases" in Iraq and the region over the past 24 hours.
It said in a statement that the strikes involved "dozens of drones and missiles," without providing further details regarding specific targets or casualties.
A pro-Iran group calling itself the "Guardians of Blood," affiliated with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed responsibility for launching drone attacks targeting "vital targets" in the provinces of Sulaimaniyah and Duhok in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
It said that part of the reason for the attack was to retaliate for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The attacks came amid heightened tensions following the recent joint U.S.-Israeli strike, to which Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on Israeli and U.S. assets across the Middle East. ■
