𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐛 𝐇𝐞𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐒 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬?

According to Reuters, on January 30th, the Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah, which receives support from Iran, declared that it would be halting its combat activities against U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Syria in order to avoid causing “embarrassment” to the Iraqi government. Three American servicemen were murdered in a drone strike on the Jordanian military base Tower 22 on January 28. Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden informed media that he had already decided on the US response to the incident.

Pentagon authorities have stated that Sunday night’s devastating strike “bears the footprints” of Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah, which was created in Iraq four years after the US invasion and branded a terror group by the US in 2009. They have refrained from assigning blame for the attack, though.

On Tuesday, Kataib Hezbollah made the shocking announcement that it will no longer attack US personnel. However, the Pentagon seemed to view this as a “too little, too late” move.

Tehran correspondent, Iran has been trying to disassociate itself from the deadly attack that occurred on Sunday, asserting that no organization “in Iraq, Syria or elsewhere that operates directly or indirectly under the control of the Islamic Republic of Iran or acts on its behalf” was instrumental in planning it. Amid concerns that the United States may retaliate, further weakening Tehran’s already fragile economy, the value of Iran’s national currency, the rial, has dropped sharply against the dollar, falling more than 4.5 percent.

Kataib Hezbollah may be considering a slowdown in US military operations to avoid a longer and more continuous attack on other Iraqi militia organizations in general.

Earlier, U.S. defense sources claimed that the drone attack on January 28 contained the “footprints” of an attack by Kataib Hezbollah. If this is true, then the United States will likely target Kataib Hezbollah and its members in retaliation. In retaliation for Kataib Hezbollah’s (and other Iranian-backed) assault on the Ain al-Asad air base on January 20th utilizing drones and, most importantly, ballistic missiles, the US attacked three of their installations in Iraq on January 24th.

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