US EditionAirstrike kills at least two Hashed al-Shaabi fighters in Iraq
The strike is part of ongoing unclaimed attacks targeting Iran-backed militias amid a regional campaign; over 200 attacks focused on northern Iraq, local estimates show.
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Airstrike kills at least two Hashed al-Shaabi fighters in Iraq
An airstrike killed at least two fighters in northern Iraq on Thursday, several sources told AFP. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, has been dragged into the Middle East war that began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran last month. Thursday's airstrike targeted a base in the city of Kirkuk, occupied by the Hashed al-Shaabi, a former paramilitary coalition, now integrated into Iraq's regular army. Th…
US condemns Iranian and militia attacks in Iraq amid unclaimed airstrikes on Tehran-backed militias
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned Iranian and Iranian-backed militia attacks in Iraq during a March 9 call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani, as drone and missile strikes continued across the country. Many attacks have targeted the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, where US forces are based, as well as other US facilities and diplomatic sites. Unclaimed airstrikes have also targeted Iranian-backed militias across Iraq.…
An airstrike in Iraq killed at least two members of a coalition of former militias, who are now believed to be part of the regular armed forces but who are still members of armed groups close to Iran, according to Agence France-Presse security sources. The bombing targeted a Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) position in the northern city of Kirkuk. At least “two Hashd fighters were martyred in an airstrike on their base,” one of the s…
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