US fighters launch missile attack on Hashd al-Shaabi base

Media sources reported on Thursday that the sound of an explosion was heard in Baghdad, Iraq.

Explosions sounds heard in Baghdad came from an attack on a Popular Mobilization Forces base, Al Mayadeen reported.

Preliminary reports suggest a leader of the Al-Nujaba movement was martyred, along with his aide, the source said.

Abou Taqwa Al-Saidi, the aide to the head of Baghdad Ring operations in the Popular Mobilization Forces, was martyred in a US strike on a PMF, it added.

Iraqi police sources also told Reuters that at least 2 forces of the Resistance groups were martyred and 5 others were wounded.

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