Shi’ite Islamic militia groups in Iraq have reported at least 16 deaths on February 4 as the US continues to strike key positions, Iraqi media reported. The US and Israel have increased their targeting of key allies of Iran in Syria and Iraq over the western weekend in response to attacks on US service personnel on the Syrian-Jordanian border. A battalion commander in one of the several groups was reportedly killed in the strikes on Iraq, local media reported. On February 4, Iraqi Prime Minister Shiaa al-Sudani visited people injured in the US strikes on the country as his office described it …