The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee warned on Sunday that it would launch “severe attacks” on US interests and the leadership of Kurdish parties in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, pledging to protect Iran’s borders. The committee is an umbrella group for several armed Shiite factions in Iraq, including Kataib Hezbollah, the Harakat al-Nujaba Movement, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada. In a statement, the group renewed its warning to the United States and Kurdish party leaders in the Kurdistan region “against becoming involved in supporting Kurdish criminal gangs backed by the Zionist entity, which seek to infiltrate Iran”. READ: Iraqi armed group warns European states against joining aggression against Iran It said that “arrogant powers and those parties will face severe attacks […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![Members of the Hashd al-Shaabi gather in Basra, southern Iraq, to hold a memorial ceremony for Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who lost his life in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, carrying Khamenei posters and Hashd al-Shaabi and Kataib Hezbollah flags while chanting slogans in support of Iran and Islamic resistance groups, on March 08, 2026. [Haidar Mohammed Ali - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AA-20260308-40770336-40770329-HASHD_ALSHAABI_MEMBERS_HOLD_MEMORIAL_FOR_KHAMENEI_IN_BASRA-1.jpg)
