US-Israeli understanding allows targeting of armed factions in Iraq

Western sources revealed a US-Israeli understanding granting Israel a wider operational space to move in the regional airspace surrounding Iraq, potentially enabling strikes against Iran-aligned armed factions. The sources said the Israeli army and Mossad have completed preparations for airstrikes and attacks on headquarters and weapons depots of Iran-allied factions inside Iraq, while Washington boosts its defensive systems in anticipation of retaliatory responses. Israel places cutting land supply lines between Iran and Lebanon through Iraqi territory among its priorities, amid Iraqi efforts to restrict weapons to the state and the refusal of factions including Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba to give up their strategic arsenal.