Baghdad, Aug. 9 -- Leader of Iraqi Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militia Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi has vowed a military response to the US-Saudi joint strikes that took place last month, saying that "missiles can only be countered with missiles" and calling for retaliation over the deaths of members of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), an Iran-backed paramilitary group operating within Iraq.

Al-Kaabi, Secretary-General of the militia group, which is affiliated with the PMF, made the remarks in a statement on Saturday in which he rejected diplomacy with Saudi Arabia and accused Riyadh of involvement in attacks against Iraq and its people.

"The option of diplomacy with the despicable Wahhabi Al Saud regime is futile," al-Kaabi said, all...