New strike targets former paramilitaries in western Iraq: security official

article author: AFP Author: AFP ID: 1774422827711933600 Wed, 2026-03-25 07: 10 BAGHDAD: A new strike in western Iraq targeted the former paramilitary coalition Hashed Al-Shaabi, a security official said Wednesday, a day after a similar attack killed 15 Iraqi fighters. “Two missiles were fired from a fighter jet” at the same base in Anbar province that was struck on Tuesday, the official said. Tuesday’s strike — the deadliest in Iraq since the start of the Middle East war — prompted the government to grant former paramilitaries within the official armed forces a “right to respond” to any attack against them. Main category: Middle-East Tags: War in Iran Iraq

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