Israel National News reports: “The Lebanese al-Akhbar network reported on Monday that it had received confirmation from a leader in the Al-Nujaba militia in Iraq that the Iranian-backed militias in the country have agreed to stop their offensive against Israel.

According to the report, the ‘resistance factions’ have reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani to cease attacks on Israel and remain silent on the current developments in Syria.

The militia leader told al-Akhbar that the militias decided not to interfere in Syrian affairs and ‘to follow the situation from a distance, in addition to waiting to know the orientations of the US President-elect, Donald Trump, and his policy towards the Middle East, specifically Iran.’

The leader noted that the militias’ Iranian backers granted them the freedom to decide regarding Syria…”