US drone strikes at Iraqi Shia bases on the border with Syria violate the country's sovereignty. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said this in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.

According to the spokesman for the Iraqi PM, Abdul-Mahdi told Esper that Baghdad had "already stated that it does not accept any unilateral action by the coalition forces, or any other forces, in Iraq."

"We consider their attacks as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that threatens the security of Iraq and the region," Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s spokesman said, in particular.