Kataeb Hezbollah’s Abu Baqir al-Saadi is said to have been responsible for planning and taking part on attacks on US forces in the area.
A commander from Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a US strike on Wednesday, the US military said.
“[US] forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on US service members, killing a Kataeb Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on US forces in the region,” a statement from the military said. It did not name the commander.
It added that there were no indications of civilian casualties.
Two security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the commander was Abu Baqir al-Saadi, killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in eastern Baghdad.
