A drone strike on Wednesday hit a vehicle in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing two commanders of a pro-Iran group, a security source and a group member said.One of those killed was a commander of the Kataeb Hezbollah group in charge of military affairs in Syria, a member of the pro-Iran Iraqi group told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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Three senior members of Iran-backed militia have been killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad - the latest in a series of retaliatory strikes by Washington.
Three people, including two leaders of an Iraqi armed group, were killed on Wednesday by a drone strike targeting a vehicle in the east of the capital Baghdad. The US military claims to have killed a commander of the Hezbollah Brigades. The strike comes as Washington pledged to continue retaliation against pro-Iran armed groups, after a drone attack on January 28 killed three American soldiers in the middle of the Jordanian desert. More than 165 attacks since mid-October have targeted American soldiers and their partners in the international anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria.
A Telegram channel affiliated with Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) reported that Abu Baqir al-Saadi, a commander in Kataib Hezbollah, was killed in the attack.