In this file photo taken on March 29, 2020, US army soldiers, part of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group, stand on duty at the K1 airbase northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. (PHOTO / AFP)

BAGHDAD - Up to 88 Iraqi lawmakers submitted Saturday a proposal for a draft law requiring the end of the presence of foreign forces in Iraq after repeated US attacks against Iraqi security forces.

Falih al-Khazali, a member of the Iraqi parliament, said in a press conference that the proposal was signed by 88 lawmakers from the Coordination Framework, the largest parliamentary alliance and an umbrella group of Shiite parliamentary parties.

Al-Khazali stressed that there is no need for the presence of foreign forces in Iraq because there are enough Iraqi armed forces and security services responsible for defending the country and its people

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He explained that the reason for submitting such a proposal "is that US forces continue to violate Iraqi sovereignty through repeated attacks on some headquarters and leaders of the (paramilitary) Hashd Shaabi Forces, which are considered part of the Iraqi armed forces."

Al-Khazali stressed that there is no need for the presence of foreign forces in Iraq because there are enough Iraqi armed forces and security services responsible for defending the country and its people.

The US forces carried out strikes on the positions of the Iraqi Hashd Shaabi forces over the past weeks, killing and wounding dozens, the most recent of which was on Jan 4, when a drone bombed the headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi's 12th Brigade in eastern Baghdad, killing the brigade commander, his assistant, and one of the fighters.

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Those strikes came in response to dozens of drone and missile attacks on US forces in Iraq since Israel launched its Gaza campaign.