US EditionAirstrikes on Iraq's Shi'ite PMF site kill 15 including Anbar commander
The strike killed 15 fighters including a key commander amid escalating conflict after US and Israeli attacks on Iran, with PMF authorized to retaliate by Iraq's government.
- On Tuesday, airstrikes struck a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Anbar province, while separate missile strikes hit Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Division 7 headquarters near Erbil early the same morning.
- Anbar operations commander Saad Dawai al-Baiji was killed in the Anbar strike, which the Popular Mobilization Forces described as a "treacherous American targeting" of their headquarters.
- Missile strikes early Tuesday hit the Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga Division 7 headquarters on Mount Spilk in the Soran region, killing at least five fighters and wounding over 19.
- Conflicting casualty reports emerged; while the PMF confirmed 15 deaths in Anbar, initial figures from security sources and media outlets suggested tolls ranging from six to 30 killed and wounded.
- Since February 28, Iran and its proxies have carried out more than 300 drone and missile attacks targeting the Kurdistan Region, complicating security for the autonomous area hosting U.S. forces.
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AlKhaleej TodayAirstrikes in Iraq on Iran-backed paramilitary alliance kill at least 15 fighters
BAGHDAD, March 25 — Airstrikes hit a regional headquarters of Iraq’s umbrella group for Iran-backed Shi’ite militias and a home used by its leader yesterday, killing at least 15 fighters in an escalation of US-Israeli strikes on one of Tehran’s main regional allies.At least 30 other people were wounded in the strikes on the Popular Mobilization Forces’ site in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, according to medical officials. They said some were …
High-ranking Iraqi sources reported on Tuesday that the Iraqi National Security Council has granted the Popular Mobilization Forces and other security agencies the authority to act in accordance with the principle of the right to respond and defend themselves against attacks targeting their headquarters and movements.
US Airstrikes in Iraq Kill 15 PMF Fighters, Including Senior Commander - News From Antiwar.com
Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Tuesday that US airstrikes in Anbar, western Iraq, killed 15 of its fighters, including a senior commander. "In a blatant and cowardly attack, the commander of the Anbar Operations in the Popular Mobilization Forces, Saad Dua al-Bayji, was martyred along with a group…
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