US Bombs Iraqi PMU Base As Iran War Spillover Widens

An Israeli force reportedly landed near Najaf to install jamming and tracking radars to counter Iraqi resistance drones

An airstrike on 9 March struck a base in northern Iraq belonging to the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a wing of the Iraqi armed forces enjoying support from Iran, according to officials from the group.

AFP reported that one PMU official attributed the strike to US forces, saying it hit a base near the town of Bartella near the city of Mosul in Nineveh Governorate.

The PMU was established in 2014, after Shia religious leader Ali Sistani called for volunteers to fight ISIS following the terror group’s capture of Mosul.

The group received support from famed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani and was later incorporated into the Iraqi armed forces.

Footage shows smoke billowing after strikes targeted positions of the Popular Mobilization Forces’ (PMF) 30th Brigade in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Monday.

There is some overlap between the PMU and Shia armed groups operating under the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), including Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq, which receive backing from Iran.

Members of Iraq’s other religious groups have since joined the PMU, including Sunnis, Yezidis, and Christians.

No casualties were reported in the attack in Bartella, which comes amid the US-Israeli war on Iran launched on 28 February.

Since the start of the war in Iran, bases belonging to the PMU have been hit by US strikes several times, while resistance groups affiliated with the PMU have reportedly carried out attacks against US targets.

On 6 March, a drone struck a hotel in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR), where US military personnel were reportedly staying. Ashab al-Kahf, an Iraqi resistance group, claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.

The following day, a drone attack targeted the Erbil airport, where US forces maintain a base.

The IRI later took credit for the attack. “Our brave men targeted the airport base in Erbil, occupied by the American occupation, with two drones, which successfully struck their targets,” the group said in a statement.

The attack was carried out in response to Israel’s killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war. The strike was launched in fulfillment of their “religious duty,” and “in retaliation for the Zionist-American aggression,” the statement added.

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