BAGHDAD, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Wednesday called the attacks on Iraqi military bases "absurd", stressing the end of combat mission of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq after their withdrawal from the country.
"Unfortunately, there are some absurd actions within the first days of the new year, as several attacks targeted Iraqi bases, and this will certainly disturb the country's security and stability," said a statement by al-Kadhimi's media office.
"We reiterate that the combat mission of the international coalition forces in Iraq has ended, and the Iraqi forces have received all the military bases," it said, adding that there are currently a number of foreign military advisers working alongside the security forces.
The attacks came on the second anniversary of a deadly attack by a U.S. drone on a convoy near Baghdad International Airport that killed Qassem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, former deputy chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.
On Dec. 29, 2021, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi confirmed the end of the U.S.-led coalition forces' combat mission in Iraq after the withdrawal of the forces from his country.
