At least two militants were killed and six others wounded in an unknown drone strike on a headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, police and security sources told Reuters. .
Police sources and eyewitnesses said at least two rockets hit a building used by the Iraqi militant group Al Nujaba.
The attack killed Mushtaq Talib al Saidi, nicknamed Abu Taqua, commander of the 12th Brigade of the pro-Iranian movement – which operates under the umbrella of the Popular Multitude – and his right-hand man in the group, in addition to leaving four wounded, he informed EFE. a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
The Al Nujaba movement confirmed on its official Telegram account that Abu Taqua had been killed in “a bombing with an American drone”, but so far no one has claimed responsibility for the action.
The action took place against a logistical support headquarters of the Popular Multitude, which is located near the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior complex, according to sources.
Early last December, at least five members of Al Nujaba were also killed in a drone attack of unknown origin that targeted the group’s headquarters in Kirkuk province, in northeastern Iraq.
Al Nujaba is also part of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which has launched attacks against targets with a US presence in the Arab country and in Syria since the war broke out in Gaza on October 7, due to the “unwavering” support of Washington to Israel.
This attack occurs just one day after more than 80 people died in a double explosion – not yet claimed – in the Iranian city of Kerman when thousands of people were participating in the commemoration ceremony for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani by order of the then US president, Donald Trump, in January 2020.
Last month, the United States carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq after a drone attack by Iran-aligned militants that left one American service member in critical condition and injured two others.
The US military has already been attacked at least 100 times in Iraq and Syria since Israel’s war against Hamas began in October, usually with a combination of rockets and one-way attack drones.
