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Kataib Hezbollah’s truce depends on Israel halting Beirut strikes; near-daily attacks on US targets have escalated tensions, the group warned of renewed strikes after five days.
- Early Thursday, Kataeb Hezbollah pledged to halt attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad for five days, conditional on Israel stopping strikes south of Beirut.
- Following a US‑Israel strike on Iran on February 28, Iraq has been pulled into a wider conflict as strikes target Iran‑backed groups, with a Wednesday attack killing three Hashed al‑Shaabi fighters.
- AFP journalists reported at least four explosions in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, alongside interceptions over the city and repeated targeting of the US embassy in Baghdad and the US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad International Airport.
- Kataeb Hezbollah warned any violation would provoke an immediate response and signalled a possible escalation of strikes after the five‑day pause, which is explicitly time‑limited.
- Yesterday, Iranian gas supplies to Iraq were halted, cutting about 3,100 megawatts and threatening the grid as Iraq resumed Kirkuk northern province oil exports at 250,000 barrels per day, far below the 3.5 million pre‑war.
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