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U.S. drone strike kills Iran-backed commander in Iraq amid escalating regional violence

Published January 4, 2024 at 6:06 AM CST
A member of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) paramilitaries holds a sign identifying one of the group's slain members during the funeral at the PMF headquarters in Baghdad on Jan. 4, 2024. A U.S. strike in Baghdad on January 4 killed a military commander of the PMF, an ex-paramilitary faction of the grouping said, with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack. Harakat al-Nujaba, one of the PMF's factions, said in a statement that "the deputy commander of operations for Baghdad, Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi", had been "martyred in a US strike". (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
A member of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) paramilitaries holds a sign identifying one of the group's slain members during the funeral at the PMF headquarters in Baghdad on Jan. 4, 2024. A U.S. strike in Baghdad on January 4 killed a military commander of the PMF, an ex-paramilitary faction of the grouping said, with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack. Harakat al-Nujaba, one of the PMF's factions, said in a statement that "the deputy commander of operations for Baghdad, Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi", had been "martyred in a US strike". (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. reportedly killed a member of an Iranian-backed militant group Thursday in Iraq. The strike comes after Iran itself was convulsed by bombings that killed dozens.

We get the latest from NPR’s Greg Myre.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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