Iran’s foreign minister has described putting an end to the presence of US military forces in the region as the best response to the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lt. Gen. Soleimani.

The Iraqi premier says the country's security forces have killed high-profile Daesh commander Abu Yaser al-Issawi.

Supporters and members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi force burry the fighters of the paramilitary network during a funeral ceremony in the holy city of Najaf.

At least 11 fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have been killed in an ambush by Daesh terrorists north of the Iraqi capital, according to security sources.

Several Iraqi forces have apparently been killed in airstrikes against the positions of the Arab country’s military units in Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil province, local sources and media reports said.

‘Iraqis have proved that their country will not be submissive to anyone,’ said the PMU chief.

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) slams the US blacklisting of its deputy chief.

A Bahraini opposition movement says US sanctions on chairman of Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, Falih al-Fayyadh, are “a badge of pride” for him.

‘I was not surprised by the unjust decision taken by the US Treasury to put Falih al-Fayyadh on its sanctions list,’ said a leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

Saudi Arabia’s Royal Air Force (RSAF) and the US Air Force conclude a joint military exercise.