Militia attacks on foreign troops in Iraq are ’cause for chaos’, says UK ambassador

Heavily armed militias operating outside of state control are a “cause for chaos”, Britain’s ambassador to Iraq told The National on Wednesday, after a surge in attacks on foreign troops and shipping in the region since the Israel-Gaza war began two months ago.

American and other foreign troops have been attacked at least 50 times in Iraq and Syria since Israel began a devastating siege and military operation in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the deadly cross-border attack by Gaza militants on October 7.

Some of the attacks have been…