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New strikes on Iraq base housing pro-Iran group Baghdad, Feb 28 (AFP) Feb 28, 2026 New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing the pro-Iran armed group Kataeb Hezbollah just hours after an earlier attack blamed on the US killed two fighters, several sources said. "New stikes hit the Jurf al-Nasr base," a source from the Hashed al-Shaabi, a former paramilitary group now integrated into the regular army, told AFP. The Iraqi government's security media cell announced that "at 7:25 pm (1625 GMT), the Jurf al-Nasr area... was targeted by two air strikes." A Kataeb Hezbollah official confirmed a new attack had occurred. Two fighters from Kataeb Hezbollah were killed on Saturday morning in air strikes on the base in southern Iraq, which belongs to the Hashed al-Shaabi or the Popular Mobilisation Forces. Kataeb Hezbollah warned then in a statement "we will soon begin attacking American bases in response to their aggression". Soon after, Kurdish security forces said US-led coalition forces downed several missiles and explosive-laden drones over the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Explosions were heard again in Erbil in the evening, with an AFP journalist reporting seeing a drone exploding over the city. |
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