US Central Command claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted Al-Saadi in the Al-Mashtal area, east of Baghdad. More than 100 members of the Iraqi House of Representatives signed a request to legislate the law on removing foreign forces from the country.

Security expert Fadel Abu Ragheef expects the resistance factions to adhere to what they pledged to stop attacks against American bases. The Iraqi government, more than ever before, wants to end the mission of this coalition, which threatens to drag Iraq into the circle of conflict.