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Iraqi paramilitary members killed in airstrike

Six members of Iraq’s paramilitary forces were killed and three others wounded in an unidentified airstrike in northern Iraq early Tuesday.

• March 10, 2026
Airstrike used to illustrate the story [Photo Credit: Politics and War]
Airstrike used to illustrate the story [Photo Credit: Politics and War]

Six members of Iraq’s paramilitary forces were killed and three others wounded in an unidentified airstrike in northern Iraq early Tuesday.

The attack hit a group of Popular Mobilisation Forces in Dibis district, Kirkuk province, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.

The statement condemned the strike for targeting the PMF members who were performing their national duty and called it a “blatant attack on Iraq”.

It said the airstrike hit the PMF’s 40th Brigade headquarters, causing damage to the facility in addition to casualties.

Over the past few days, more than 10 PMF members were killed in attacks, for which the group blamed the U.S.-Israeli operation.

Meanwhile, the directorate general of counterterrorism of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a statement that three explosive-laden drones were shot down over the region’s capital on Monday.

It added that one of the downed drones fell near the United Arab Emirates consulate in the city.

The counter-terrorism service also released a video showing the PMF’s 40th Brigade headquarters in Kirkuk engulfed in flames after the cited attack.

The airstrikes came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on February 28, to which Iran has responded with missile and drone attacks on Israel and U.S. assets across the Middle East.

(Xinhua/NAN)

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