RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

It is noted that the head of the American department of the ministry, Diyari Ahmed Majid, handed Berker an official memorandum of protest, which contained Iraq's condemnation of US aggression directed against Iraqi security forces and civilian targets.

In addition, Baghdad confirmed its refusal to allow its territory to be used as an arena for settling scores between warring states.

Earlier, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani declared general mourning in the country for the victims of US airstrikes in western Iraq.

Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said that Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council due to the United States' strikes on Iraq and Syria.