Shiite militia groups in Iraq have decided to stop attacking Israel, a Lebanese report claimed Monday, in what would mark the latest retreat by a regional Iranian proxy that had attempted to pile pressure on Jerusalem.

Iraq-based militias have launched dozens of attack drones at Israel since war broke out in Gaza following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault, alongside other members of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and pro-Iran groups in Syria.

While most of the attacks from Iraq have been largely ineffective, in October, two soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when an Iraqi drone hit their Golan Heights base.

According to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, seen as linked to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, the militia groups operating under the Popular Mobilization Forces agreed to stop the attacks at the urging of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani.

The report cited an unnamed leader of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi militia loyal to Iran, which wields wide influence over Shiite groups in the country.

He said the factions were waiting for US President-elect Donald Trump to take office next month to see how he approaches the region and particularly Iran.

An official from........

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