Officials in the Iranian “Quds Force” visited Iraq and Syria: discussing escalation

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[size=52]Officials in the Iranian “Quds Force” visited Iraq and Syria: discussing escalation[/size]

[size=45]Informed Iraqi sources in Baghdad told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Iranian officials in the Iranian “Quds Force,” affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, made a visit to Iraq and then Syria the day before yesterday, Saturday, in which they met with leaders and leaders of armed factions allied with Tehran. Without knowing what was discussed during the visit.[/size]
[size=45]The revelation of the visit comes a few days after a meeting held by the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to Baghdad with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, last Thursday, which focused on the Israeli aggression and the crimes of genocide carried out by the occupation in Gaza.[/size]
[size=45]Today, Monday, sources close to the Popular Mobilization Forces in Baghdad told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that three officials in the Iranian Quds Force held meetings with leaders of armed factions before they left overland for Syria.[/size]
[size=45]One of them confirmed, “The meetings were with the leaders of the Al-Nujaba militia, Akram Al-Kaabi, and Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, Qais Al-Khazali, and Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr militia,” pointing out that “the focus was on the current situation in Gaza, and the possibility of an explosion.” The southern Lebanese front with Hezbollah, and the role of the Islamic resistance in Iraq,” he said.[/size]
[size=45]Another source confirmed the same information, indicating that Iranian officials were on their way to Syria via Iraq by land, speaking about “the importance of coordinating efforts and having a unified response, if the circle of current confrontations expands to Lebanon.”[/size]
[size=45]He denied to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that factions had moved from Iraq to Syria, pointing out that “there are Iraqi factions present in Syria to fight terrorism, and they will move quickly when needed,” as he put it.[/size]
[size=45]Usually, the media wings of the Iraqi factions do not issue statements talking about meetings with Iranian officials during their visits to Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The decision of the Iraqi factions is in the hands of Tehran.
The security expert and retired Iraqi army officer, Kamal Afat al-Jubouri, told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, “The decision of the Iraqi factions is in the hands of Tehran, with regard to entering the front line, and any intervention from them will mean that it is Iranian military intervention.” .[/size]
[size=45]He added, “Until now, Iran seeks to keep the factions in a state of alert in anticipation of any change in the course of the crisis in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Therefore, the visit of Iranian military officials may be part of Tehran’s efforts to keep its allies, the leaders of those factions, informed of the latest developments.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that the series of threats launched by Iraqi armed factions “is part of their usual approach, and did not bring anything new or different, despite the continued massacres in Gaza, which means that all faction leaders are awaiting Iran’s decision,” he said.[/size]
[size=45]Last Thursday, the “Hezbollah Brigades” group threatened to bomb American bases if Washington intervened by attacking Gaza, in the second threat of its kind issued by the armed factions allied with Iran, after similar statements by the leader of the “Al-Fatah” coalition and the leader of the “Badr Organization,” Armed Hadi Al-Amiri.[/size]
[size=45]The group, which is classified as the most closely linked to the Iranian Quds Force, said in a statement: “The legitimate duty necessitates our presence in the field, and to repel the evils of enemies from our nation, our people in Gaza, and the rest of the occupied territories, and even to repel harm from the oppressed, and therefore our missiles, our marches, and our forces The Special Forces are ready to direct qualitative strikes at the American enemy in its bases and disrupt its interests if it intervenes in this battle,” according to the statement reported by local Iraqi media.[/size]
[size=45]While the leader of the “Al-Nujaba” militia, Akram Al-Kaabi, the leader of the “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq” militia, and the leader of the “Badr” militia, Hadi Al-Amiri, issued various statements and statements that were consistent in content, in which they threatened to intervene and target American interests in Iraq in the event of what they described as “interference.” Direct American,” with the Israeli occupation against Gaza.[/size]
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