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[size=52]American officials: We do not want to expand the scope of the war and seek to reduce the threat of the factions[/size]

[size=45]Translated by / Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]Officials in the US administration indicated that the United States is keen that the war does not expand beyond the borders of the Gaza Strip at a time when they are trying hard to deal with increasing attacks by Iranian-backed armed factions in Iraq against US bases and interests in Iraq and Syria and other attacks against navigation. In the Red Sea, without causing a broader war in the Middle East.[/size]
[size=45]The CNN news website quoted American officials as saying that the United States responded several times to attacks in Iraq and Syria, and that they conveyed to Iran and the factions also through unofficial channels that they must stop these attacks.[/size]
[size=45]Since the start of the war launched by Israel on Gaza on October 7, the United States has been trying behind the scenes to prevent the war from expanding to several fronts, especially after targeting leaders of Hamas and factions in Lebanon and Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Matthew Miller, a US State Department spokesman, said in a press conference on Wednesday, “We remain very concerned about the consequences of this war and the dangers of its expansion to other areas in the region.”[/size]
[size=45]In Iraq, although the United States wants to take direct measures against factions targeting American forces, officials in the White House are aware of the anger that the American response might cause to the Iraqi government. Many of these factions have political arms involved in forming the government, and this increases the complexity of the situation, and that American forces are present in the country at the request of the Iraqi government, and this increases the complexity of the matter for the Biden government in targeting these factions.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, a report from the American news site Fox News indicated that US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, headed again to the Middle East, during which he will visit several countries, after increasing tension in the region and the attempt of President Biden’s administration to alleviate this tension. This is the fourth visit to the region within three months and comes after attacks in the Red Sea, Lebanon and Iraq, as well as a terrorist attack inside Iran, which may threaten a broader battle that would also have repercussions on international commercial navigation in the Red Sea.[/size]
[size=45]US State Department spokesman Miller said, “We do not expect that Blinken’s task in his talks with officials in the region will be easy.” There are difficult problems facing the region, and the choices are also difficult. The Secretary of State believes that it is the responsibility of the United States to assume diplomatic missions to confront and mitigate these challenges and work to achieve them in the coming days.”[/size]
[size=45]Miller added, “It is not in the interest of any party in the region or in the world for the war in Gaza to expand.”[/size]
[size=45]According to American military officials, American forces present in Iraq and Syria since October 17 have been subjected to 121 attacks by armed factions supported by Iran.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, Shiite armed groups and factions supported by Iran have been opposing the continued presence of American forces in Iraq, and they have recently objected to the presence of American forces under the pretext of confronting ISIS threats.[/size]
[size=45]A section of experts and analysts, including the specialist on Iraqi affairs, Michael Knights, from the Washington Institute for Studies, stated to the British newspaper The Guardian that the United States is now closer to the possibility of being removed from Iraq than at any other time since 2020, when a similar campaign took place during which US President Joe Biden was forced to reduce the numbers of American forces present in the country.[/size]
[size=45]Knights says that armed factions operating under the title of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq are responsible for more than 120 attacks on military bases housing American forces and other foreign forces from the international coalition since October 7, during which an American soldier was seriously injured.[/size]
[size=45]The Guardian newspaper indicates in its report that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, is under pressure aimed at removing American forces from the country. He had stated in his comments on December 28 that his government was working to continue measures to end the presence of coalition forces. The Guardian confirms that the American drone attack on Thursday in Baghdad, which caused the death of a leader in the faction forces, only led to increased pressure on Parliament to pass a binding resolution to remove American forces. The United States has more than 2,500 soldiers in Iraq and nearly 900 others in Syria.[/size]
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