US didn't pre-notify Iraq before strikes, State Department says

State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Monday that the United States did not provide Iraq with advance notice before carrying out strikes against three locations within the country on Friday.

He added that Iraq was notified immediately following the strikes.

"Iraq, like every country in the region, understood that there would be a response after the deaths of our soldiers. As for this specific response on Friday, there was not a pre-notification. We informed the Iraqis immediately after the strikes occurred," Patel told reporters.