(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The US condemned the continued terrorist attacks in Iraq, including a suicide car bombing in Basra on Wednesday and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in front of the Irbil Provincial Council building that took several lives.
"We extend our condolences to the families of the victims and hope for a rapid recovery for those who were injured," said State Department Director of Press Relations Jeff Rathke in a statement.
The statement reiterated that the Iraqi people are determined to stand against the ideology of ISIL and have reclaimed territory at Mosul Dam, Rabiya, Zumar, and other areas.
"As Iraqi security forces continue to gain strength and ISIL loses territory, ISIL will continue to resort to cowardly attacks of killing civilians and other desperate measures to try to maintain its reign of fear and prove its relevance," affirmed Rathke.
Rathke noted that the US will continue to work with its coalition partners and the Iraqi government and "promote a unified, federal, pluralistic, and democratic state, as envisioned in the Iraqi Constitution."
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