Iraq and America resume talks on reducing coalition forces. The talks began last January, but less than 24 hours later, 3 American soldiers were killed in an attack in Jordan.
Since mid-October, American forces and the international coalition in Iraq and Syria have been subjected to more than 165 attacks. Most of these attacks were claimed by the "Islamic Resistance in Iraq", which includes fighters in factions described as close to Iran. The factions say that their attacks come in solidarity with Gaza and against American support for Israel in its aggression against the Strip.