In Iraq, the pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters, who were arrested, were released in light of rocket attacks on American interests in this country.
Four days after their arrest by the elite forces of the anti-terrorist agency, 14 members of the Hezbollah Brigades were received at one of the armed group's headquarters, according to photos circulated on social media.
The military spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar Al-Husseini, confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the 14 fighters were released "for lack of evidence."
Al-Husseini added that "the next step is to file a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to prove that the rule of law must prevail, not the state of personal whims."
This faction had accused Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi of being involved in the assassination of Washington, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of the PMF.
A spokesman for the faction, Abu Ali al-Askari, said in a statement on Monday that Hezbollah Brigades wanted to prosecute Al-Kazemi for "kidnapping" the fighters on the basis of "malicious charges".
A source in the security of the popular crowd, who was holding the detainees, confirmed that the judge of the crowd was the one who released them, but a government source explained that "13 people were released on bail, and one was kept indicating the evidence of his involvement," stressing that the case has not been closed yet.
It is noteworthy that the Hezbollah Brigades is part of the popular crowd, which was formed with a religious fatwa in 2014 to confront the Islamic State and was later considered part of the official Iraqi forces, and it commands the orders of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.