The United States has accused Iran-backed militant groups in Syria and Iraq of carrying out the attack, the first deadly blow against U.S. forces since the eruption of the Gaza war touched off violence across the Middle East. Iran-aligned groups have been waging attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets from Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, since their Palestinian ally Hamas and Israel went to war on Oct. 7. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organisation of hardline Iran-backed militant groups, on Sunday claimed attacks on three bases, including one on the Jordan-Syria border. Baghdad has condemned the attacks while also saying regional escalation would continue as long as the Gaza war went on. The attack took place one day after Iraq and the United States initiated talks on the end of a U.S.-led international military coalition that deployed to Iraq a decade ago as part of the campaign against Islamic State.

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Persons: Basim Alawadi, Israel, Tala, Tom Perry, Timour, Nick Macfie Organizations: United, U.S, Sunday, Islamic Locations: BAGHDAD, Iraqi, Jordan, United States, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, Jordanian, U.S, Lebanon, Yemen, Hamas, Western, Baghdad, Islamic State