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04/20/2024April 20, 2024
Iraq military base hit by explosion, several injured: sources
An explosion rocked a military base in overnight into Saturday, news agencies reported, citing security sources.
The blast hit the Calso military base in Babylon province south of the capital, Baghdad. The base houses a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups.
The groups are Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, AFP news agency cited an Interior Ministry source and a military official as saying.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility and US Central Command (CENTCOM) added that it was “not true” that American forces had carried out a strike.
The Interior Ministry source said the “aerial bombing” killed one person and wounded eight others, while the military source reported three Iraqi military personnel were wounded in a strike.
Hashed al-Shaabi wrote in a statement that an “explosion” had inflicted “material losses” and casualties, without specifying the number of wounded.
The group confirmed that its premises on the military base had been hit and that investigators had been sent to the site.
The international community has voiced concerns that the is turning into a wider, regional conflict.
On Friday, strikes blamed on Israel targeted a in central Iran.
The attack was likely retaliation for on Israeli territory last weekend.
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