In a statement on Saturday, the presidency said the US attacks on the city of Al-Qa'im in Anbar province and the border areas in western Iraq are a blatant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty.
The statement came after US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces had struck more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria with fighter jets, including long-range bombers flown from the United States.
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the strikes were in response to a drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a small US outpost in Jordan on Sunday.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, had claimed responsibility for the drone strike.
In its statement, the Iraqi presidency stressed that the US airstrikes will escalate tensions in the region and undermine peace and stability.
Meanwhile, Iraq’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US charge d’affaires to Baghdad, David Burger, to hand him a note of protest over the strikes on the country.
The Iraqi prime minister’s office said earlier that 16 people, including civilians, were killed in the US airstrikes.
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