Reports in Iraq on December 4 indicated the country might freeze assets of Iranian-backed militias, but these were quickly walked back by Iraqi authorities.A Reuters report said that “Iraq's Official Gazette announced that the country would freeze the money of Iran-backed terrorist groups, including Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis, the state's news agency said Iraq would correct the list of the groups whose funds would be frozen.”However, hours later, Shafaq News in Iraq said “the Iraqi