Islamic Resistance in Iraq threatens embassies across region over Israeli strikes on Beirut

BAGHDAD — The Islamic Resistance in Iraq threatened Friday to target diplomatic missions in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Lebanon if Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs continue, warning that attacks on Dahiyeh.

“The past years have proven that the entire region is bound by one equation: either security for all, or security for none,” the group said in a statement.

It said the security of Dahiyeh — Beirut’s southern suburb and a Hezbollah stronghold — was “an inseparable part of the regional security equation” with repercussions that could affect “vital U.S. interests in the Middle East.”

“Any harm to the security of the southern suburb, crowded with civilians, will inevitably be met with a threat to the security of embassies of the attacking states whether in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait or Lebanon,” the statement said, adding the situation could also affect “the security of major American oil companies operating in the Arabian Peninsula.”

Israel has launched multiple airstrikes on Dahiyeh after Hezbollah fired missiles and drones into northern Israel, marking the group’s entry into the broader regional war involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella label for a network of Iran-aligned Iraqi factions, including Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba. The group has used the name to claim attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and the region.