Air strike targeting Iran-backed militia kills six in Iraq – reports

An air strike targeting Iran-backed militia north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has killed six people, according to reports.

Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces umbrella grouping of paramilitary groups said on Saturday that an air strike targeting its fighters earlier hit a convoy of medics, not senior leaders as reported in some media.

“Initial sources confirm that the strike targeted a convoy of Popular Mobilisation Forces medics near Taji stadium in Baghdad,” it said in a statement.

The strikes killed six people and critically wounded three, an Iraqi army source told Reuters.