The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing attack that killed at least 32 people and injured more than 100 in Baghdad, Iraq.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad condemned the incident on Thursday.
Authorities told Reuters that two men blew themselves up in a crowded Baghdad marketplace in a sign that some experts have said is a sign of the reactivation of ISIS after several years.
Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden’s defense secretary nominee, told a Senate committee that he is concerned about the threat ISIS poses.
“I support maintaining a small number of U.S. troops to carry out a limited mission focused on advising and assisting Iraqi counterterrorism forces to deal with the continuing threat from ISIS,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee in written testimony.
It came after President Donald Trump reduced troop numbers in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, although about 2,500 troops remain in Iraq. The move to withdraw troops was opposed by a number of lawmakers in the House and Senate.