BAGHDAD — An airstrike early Saturday hit a base utilized by the In style Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias in Iraq, the group mentioned in a press release.
The assault on the Kalsu army base north of Babylon — a former U.S. put up that was handed over to the Iraqi army in 2011 — wounded three PMF members, mentioned two militia officers who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk to the press.
It was not clear who was liable for the purported assault, which got here a day after a suspected Israeli strike in Iran, however the militia officers blamed U.S. forces.
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A U.S. official mentioned there have been no U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. The official spoke on the situation of anonymity to supply particulars that weren’t public.
The PMF is a coalition of primarily Shiite, Iran-backed armed teams that joined within the battle towards the Islamic State extemist group after it seized giant sections of Iraq in 2014. In 2016, the Iraqi authorities designated the In style Mobilization Forces as an “impartial army formation” inside the Iraqi armed forces.
In latest months, some PMF member teams staged assaults on U.S. forces based mostly in Iraq and Syria, which they mentioned was in retaliation for Washington’s assist of Israel in its battle with the Hamas militant group in Gaza.