The airport deal stops attacks on American forces

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[size=52]The airport deal stops attacks on American forces[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Just as Baghdad Airport 4 years ago sparked a war between the factions and the American forces, the latter had witnessed the new “truce deal” between the two parties.
Contrary to all the statements that were broadcast by the group calling itself the “Iraqi Resistance,” it eventually stopped its activity against Washington at the request of Iran.[/size]
[size=45]This group had said in previous times that it would not back down from targeting the Americans unless the latter stopped supporting Israel in the Gaza war.[/size]
[size=45]It recently emerged that an undeclared truce between the factions and the United States was held at Baghdad Airport, on the day the airport administration announced its sudden closure.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mada revealed that on January 29, an American “diplomatic-military” delegation held a quick meeting at the airport with Iraqi figures.[/size]
[size=45]This event coincided with news of the presence of Ismail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force, in Baghdad, before Iraqi officials revealed other details that happened at the airport.[/size]
[size=45]On that day, the airport administration said in an explanation of the sudden closure that it was due to a runway lighting repair, which did not last long.[/size]
[size=45]What happened at the airport was shortly before Washington announced the targeting of the PMF headquarters in Al-Qaim, which led to the killing and wounding of more than 40 members of the factions.[/size]
[size=45]The day before yesterday, Reuters revealed an Iraqi security source, whom it described as “senior,” but whose name it did not reveal, that at a time when Iran is preparing for an American response to the Jordan attack, Qaani’s visit came quickly to Baghdad, as he did not leave the airport “for strict security reasons and fear.” “For his safety.”[/size]
[size=45]The factions, which are the Hezbollah Brigades, according to the American account, targeted Tower 22 in Jordan, just one day before the airport meeting. Reuters, citing Iranian and Iraqi sources, said that the visit of Ismail Qaani to Baghdad led to the cessation of attacks launched by factions allied with Iran in Iraq on American forces.[/size]
[size=45]The airport incident that led to the killing of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (deputy head of the PMF) and Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, in early 2020, in an American raid, was the beginning of the escalation of faction attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria.[/size]
[size=45]Mathal Al-Alusi, a politician and former deputy, says to Al-Mada: “Tehran has involved Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and recently Yemen in the war in order to avoid American strikes.” He added: “I can confirm that there were extensive Iranian messages with America, all of which led to the bombing targeting Iraqis and Syrians only, and Washington turned a blind eye to information about the existence of specific missiles manufactured by Iran and supplied to secret sites in Syria and Iraq, which are strategic and perhaps chemical weapons.”[/size]
[size=45]Before Tehran was subjected to attacks, as Alusi expected, due to the Al-Qaeda incident in Jordan, Kataib Hezbollah announced the suspension of operations targeting American forces. Al-Nujaba, the second largest faction in the group calling itself the “Iraqi Resistance,” refused at the time to suspend the strikes, but then stopped without an official announcement.[/size]
[size=45]The US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced last week that there have been no attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria since February 4.[/size]
[size=45]Ihsan Al-Shammari, professor of public policy at the University of Baghdad, expected in an interview with Al-Mada that “Washington will request greater guarantees from Baghdad to return to the negotiating table.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shammari said: “America will be more stringent, because it finds that the armed factions have become more capable and empowered in managing the state and making official decisions, and this cannot be dealt with by the United States.”[/size]
[size=45]More than a week ago, Baghdad was able to bring Washington back to the dialogue table after suspending negotiations due to the participation of Iraqi factions in attacking an American base in Jordan, causing the death of 3 American soldiers.[/size]
[size=45]Sources close to Al-Attar told Al-Mada that “Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Sudani pressured the factions to stop attacks.”[/size]
[size=45]She added, "The government's efforts toward dialogue with Washington to remove the coalition forces helped in the recent truce."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Farhad Alaeddin, advisor to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, said in press statements, regarding Qaani’s role in stopping the factions’ strikes, that Al-Sudani “worked with all concerned parties inside and outside Iraq.”[/size]
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