Top Iran-backed militia commander, linked to US troop deaths, killed in Baghdad | World News
Senior commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon linked to an attack that killed three U.S. troops, died in a drone strike on a vehicle in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday night, two security sources said. People inspect a vehicle, after what security sources said was a deadly drone strike, in Baghdad, Iraq,(REUTERS) One of the sources said three people were killed and that the vehicle targeted was used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state security agency composed of dozens of armed groups, many of them close to Iran. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT. Explore now! Kataib Hezbollah fighters and commanders are part of the PMF. Three U.S. troops were killed in January in a drone attack near the Jordan-Syria border that the Pentagon said bore the “footprints” of Kataib Hezbollah. The group then announced it was suspending military operations against U.S. troops in the region. Iraq and Syria have witnessed near-daily tit-for-tat attacks between hardline Iran-backed armed groups …