Middle East crisis live: fears of ‘disastrous consequences’ for region after US strikes

Iraq has called the US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-linked targets a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty” that could have ‘“disastrous consequences” for the region, reports Reuters.

Yahya Rasool, a spokesman for Iraq’s prime minister, said:

These airstrikes constitute a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, undermine the efforts of the Iraqi government, and pose a threat that could lead Iraq and the region…