At least four dead in explosion at Iranian paramilitary base in Iraq – Reports of US strike

Explosions rocked a base of the Hasd al-Shaabi (“Popular Mobilization Units”) of the Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary force south of Baghdad on Tuesday night, with reports so far of at least four dead and wounded, an Agence France-Presse source in the Iraqi forces said. security and official of the organization, which is now officially part of the Iraqi armed forces. According to their official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, “four Hasd al-Shaabi members were killed.” According to him, the explosions were due to an “air strike”, during which “four or five missiles hit the base”, near the city of Babylon. The source in the Iraqi security forces confirmed the death toll of four and estimated that it might increase. A US official told Reuters news agency that it was a strike by the US armed forces, speaking of a “threat” to the forces of the Washington-led anti-jihadist coalition in Iraqi territory, hours after Israel’s raid on […]
Source: News Beast

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