The explosions shook IraqThe capital Baghdad on Saturday after two attacks targeted the powerful Iran-backed group Kataeb Hezbollah, killing two members including a “key figure”, security sources said.
The attack is the first in the heart of Baghdad to kill Iranian-backed fighters since the start of the fighting Middle East the war of February 28, which has not saved Iraq, for a long time as a battlefield between the United States and Iran.
“At 2.15 am, a missile hit a house that was being used by Kataeb Hezbollah,” said a security source, adding that “an important person was killed,” and two members of the group were wounded.
Journalists heard explosions in the capital followed by ambulance sirens, while witnesses said they saw smoke coming from the neighborhood of Arasat, where several Iranian-backed groups are known to be based.
Two hours later, an airstrike hit a vehicle east of Baghdad that killed “a member of Hashed al-Shaabi”, another security source said.
