Five Iranian-backed fighters in Iraq were killed on Tuesday in attacks that their groups blamed on the United States. The Kataeb Imam Ali group reported that four of their members were killed in a “American aggression” before dawn against one of their strongholds in the Debs area of Kirkuk province in northern Iraq.
A Kataeb Hezbollah fighter was killed in Al-Qaem, near the Iraqi-Syrian border, late Tuesday, according to a source from the group who spoke to AFP. The airstrikes hit areas where the Hashed Al-Shaabi, a group of militias that are part of Iraq’s regular army, were stationed.
It also includes fighters supported by Iran, such as the Kataeb Imam Ali and Kataeb Hezbollah factions. Since the Middle East war began, bases belonging to Hashed Al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, have been attacked multiple times.
Iraq, which has been a proxy battleground between the US and Iran for a long time, declared it didn’t want to get involved in the war, but it has not been spared. Groups supported by Iran have said they attacked US outposts in Iraq and the area, but they haven’t said who they were targeting. According to a security source, at least five drones hit a military base at the Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday. This base is home to a US diplomatic facility.
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