ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The NATO Mission in Iraq has relocated all of its personnel to Europe due to the ongoing war, with a pro-Iran militia in Iraq pledging to continue strikes "until the last foreign soldier leaves Iraqi soil."

“I would like to thank the Republic of Iraq and all the Allies who assisted in the safe relocation of NATO personnel from Iraq,” Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, was quoted as saying in a statement from NATO, adding that the mission will continue from Joint Force Command Naples.

"The last NATO Mission Iraq personnel departed the country on March 20," said the statement.

NATO Mission Iraq is an advisory and capability-building mission to assist Iraq in fighting terrorism and preventing the resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS) independently.  

"NATO elements present in Iraq are part of a non-combat mission whose duty is training and advisory, and they will return as soon as the war ends and the security situation in Iraq stabilizes," a security sourcr told Iraqi state media on Friday.

Camp Victory, an American military facility that houses NATO personnel, has been repeatedly targeted by drone strikes since the outbreak of the US and Israeli war on Iran.

Saraya Awliya al-Dam, a pro-Iran Iraqi militia and part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has claimed responsibility for attacks on the airport. The militia has targeted US interests in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region since the war began.

On Friday, the group said it carried out "successful and precise bombing operations against NATO forces" at Camp Victory near Baghdad International Airport over the past 20 days, pledging to continue attacks.

"NATO forces are withdrawing from Iraq today due to the strength of the strikes carried out by resistance factions against their positions. We pledge to our noble people that our strikes will continue until the last foreign soldier leaves Iraqi soil," it said in a statement.

Iran has retaliated to the war launched by the US and Israel, and the conflict has spilled over into regional countries. Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, and the Gulf have regularly been targeted by strikes from Iran and pro-Iran militias, under the pretext of housing US bases and interests.