Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made his comment during a phone call made to him by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sudani's office said.
On November 22 US fighter jets struck two targets in Iraq, killing nine pro-Iran fighters in retaliation for repeated attacks on American troops, US and Iraqi sources said.
Hours earlier, a warplane struck the vehicle of Iran-backed fighters after they had fired a short-range ballistic missile at US and allied personnel, according to the Pentagon.
The strikes came after US forces deployed in Iraq and Syria were attacked at least 74 times, according to Pentagon officials, a surge linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.
During his call with Blinken, Sudani rejected "any attack on Iraqi territory", the statement from his office said.
Sudani also said the Iraqi government is committed "to ensuring the safety of the international coalition advisers present in Iraq".
The US strikes targeted positions of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation), a coalition of former paramilitary forces integrated into the Iraqi regular military.
Washington's strikes killed nine fighters, according to tolls by the Hezbollah Brigades, an important faction within the Hashed al-Shaabi.
Most strikes targeting American troops in Iraq were claimed by "the Islamic resistance in Iraq", a loose formation of armed groups affiliated with the Hashed.
On November 25, the head of the Hezbollah Brigades said in a statement that the group would "reduce the intensity of operations" against American troops in the Middle East "until the end of the truce" between Israel and Hamas.
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that there had been no attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria after the truce began.
On Friday the pause expired, and fighting between Hamas and Israel resumed.
Washington has also targeted Iran-backed groups in Syria after attacks on its forces there.
There are roughly 2,500 US troops in Iraq and around 900 in Syria as part of efforts to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group./
Israeli air strikes hit near Damascus: Syrian defence ministry
Damascus (AFP) Dec 2, 2023 -
Israel carried out air strikes near Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian defence ministry said, with an AFP journalist in the Syrian capital reporting the loud sound of bombings.
"At approximately 1:35 am (1035 GMT) today, the Israeli enemy carried out an air assault from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points near the city of Damascus," the defence ministry said in a statement, reporting no casualties.
Syria state television had earlier reported an "Israeli aggression near the capital".
Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its northern neighbour since Syria's civil war began in 2011, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions.
But it has intensified attacks since its war with Hamas, a Hezbollah ally, began in October.
The Israeli army did not comment when asked by AFP about the latest strikes.
Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, told AFP that Israel struck "Hezbollah targets" in the Sayyida Zeinab area south of Damascus.
Ambulances had rushed to the scene of the bombing, said the chief of the British-based monitor, which runs a network inside Syria.
Israeli air strikes on November 26 rendered Damascus airport inoperable just hours after flights resumed following a similar attack the month before.
Damascus and Aleppo airports were both put out of service following Israeli strikes on October 12 and 22.
Israel rarely comments on individual strikes targeting Syria, but it has repeatedly said it will not allow arch-foe Iran, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to expand its presence there.
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