...e of the most influential Iran-aligned armed factions in Iraq, said on March 16 that its spokesperson, known as Abu Ali al-Askari, had been killed In a statement, Kata'ib Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi praised al-Askari's role in communicating the group’s positions and messages “during periods of confrontation." Earlier in the day, the PMF mourned eight fighters killed in “American-Israeli strikes” on two different positions located in the western province of al-Anba...
...r, specifically close to the town of Qa'im on the border with #Syria. Video footage that surfaced around the same time showed an A-10 Thunderbolt II close support jet flying over Iraq, which suggests that the strikes were carried out by the U.S., not #Israel. More attacks took place after the death of al-Askari was announced, with blasts reported in Baghdad’s highly-secured Green Zone. Read more HERE