US forces conducted targeted strikes against two locations in Iraq early Wednesday in response to attacks by “Iran and Iran-backed groups,” according to a statement from US Central Command (CENTCOM) released on X, previously Twitter.
The military action involved precise, focused strikes on two facilities in Iraq, as specified by CENTCOM. The statement clarified that these strikes were directly retaliatory, addressing the recent attacks on US and Coalition forces by Iranian elements and groups supported by Iran. This action follows a previous US airstrike that occurred a day earlier, resulting in the death of multiple militiamen backed by Iran in Iraq.
The US fighter jets struck a Kataeb Hezbollah operations center and a Kataeb Hezbollah Command and Control node near Al Anbar and Jurf al Saqr, south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, two defense officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to provide additional sensitive details of the attacks.
Security sources confirmed that at least five fighters of a pro-Iranian group within Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) forces were killed in the two US strikes south of Baghdad early Wednesday.
On Tuesday, US fighter jets carried out airstrikes targeting a Kataeb Hezbollah operations center and a Kataeb Hezbollah Command and Control node near Al Anbar and Jurf al Saqr, situated south of Baghdad, according to information provided by two anonymous defense officials. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to disclose sensitive details, revealed that the strikes were directed at these specific locations. US forces conducted
Security sources subsequently verified that at least five members of a pro-Iranian group within Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) forces lost their lives in the aftermath of the two US strikes, which occurred south of Baghdad in the early hours of Wednesday.