Paramilitary groups incorporated into the Islamic Resistance in Iraq alliance have announced that they are postponing an attack on one of the republic's neighbor countries.

As follows from their statement addressed to “the United States and its regional allies,” the alliance said that “based on a call by Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Shiite organization Badr and in response to the respectful stance taken by certain Iraqi politicians, a decision was made to postpone the retaliatory measures scheduled for today.”