The Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Araji, confirmed that his country will soon reach an agreement with the United States on scheduling the withdrawal of its forces, and this comes as the funerals of the dead of the American strike that targeted Iraqi factions continue.

Al-Araji said in an interview with Al-Jazeera that Iraq does not need foreign combat forces on its soil, and it has enough Iraqi forces.

He added that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, will visit Washington soon, and it will be agreed during the visit to schedule the American withdrawal from Iraq.

The Iraqi official's statements came amid angry responses following the US air strike, which targeted, at dawn on Monday, positions affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces in the city of Al-Qaim in Anbar Governorate, near the border with Syria.

Al-Kazemi had condemned the American raids as a blatant violation of Iraq's sovereignty, and called for calm, while armed factions belonging to the so-called resistance factions vowed to respond to the American raids.

Funeral services for the victims of the American strike

Meanwhile, in the Iraqi capital (Baghdad), the funeral procession continues today, Tuesday, for the bodies of those killed in the air strike, which was carried out by US planes on the sites of Iraqi factions, which Washington says are pro-Iran.

The funeral, which took place amid strict security measures, was attended by the head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Faleh al-Fayyad, National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji, and head of the Fatah Alliance Hadi al-Amiri.

Mourners raised crowd flags and chanted slogans condemning the incident.

The US Department of Defense said the operation was directed by President Joe Biden.

The American strike took place after targeting a base housing American forces in the vicinity of the Al-Omar oil field (eastern Syria).

The White House and US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, described the raids on Iraqi factions as self-defense.

The recent strikes are the second US attack of its kind against Iranian-backed militias in Syria since Biden took office.

In February, more than 20 Iraqi fighters were killed in US strikes targeting their positions in eastern Syria, according to human rights sources.