At least 34 people, including Iranian-backed militia fighters, were killed in US overnight airstrikes in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, a war monitor and government sources said on Saturday. The Iraqi government said the “blatant aggression” had killed 16 people including civilians, and injured 25 others. Baghdad also denied it had coordinated with the United States on the strikes, and warned the attack would push the security situation to the “brink of the abyss” in Iraq and the region. “The US side intentionally engaged in deception and distortion of facts, stating coordination with Iraqi auth…