[HIGHLIGHTS] Does the United States change its tune? "Iraq was not notified before the air strike"

U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said at a briefing on the 5th that “no prior notification was issued for Friday’s action" John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the U.S., previously said that the Iraqi government was notified before the airstrike.

In response, Baghdad accused Washington of lying, calling the US statement "baseless" The United States launched air strikes on more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria related to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the 2nd.