Hashd Sha’abi:
Zionist Regime Behind Deadly Drone Attack in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Units, commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the Zionist regime was behind a recent deadly drone attack that killed two people near the Syrian border.
Two unmanned aircraft carried out air raids on an area about 15 km (9 miles) away from Iraq's border with Syria on Sunday.
"As part of the string of Zionist attacks on Iraq, the evil Israeli crows have returned to target the Hashd al-Sha’abi, this time with two drones inside Iraqi territory," the group said in a statement.
The statement added that the attack left one fighter dead and another seriously wounded. Initial reports said two fighters were killed in the attack, which was carried out under American air cover.
"This blatant attack came with air cover over the area from American planes, in addition to a large balloon to monitor the area near the site of the incident," it said.
Reports said that one of the Sunday’s airstrikes hit the headquarters of a Hashd al-Sha’abi unit, while the other struck a convoy of cars leaving the building.
The air raids are the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted positions of the Hashd al-Sha’abi forces across Iraq over the past months.
The attacks began on July 19 when a drone dropped explosives onto a PMU base near the town of Amerli, in Salahuddin Province, killing at least one resistance fighter and injuring four others.
The fourth attack came last week, when a PMU ammunition depot exploded near the capital Baghdad. Hashd al-Sha'abi commanders soon pointed the finger at the Zionist regime and blasted American for allowing the attacks despite having full control over the Iraqi airspace.
Kata'ib Hezbollah, another prominent Iraqi resistance group, said the recent airstrikes on the positions of PMU are an attempt by the U.S. and the Zionist regime to revive the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.
In an interview with Lebanon's Arabic-language al-Ahed news website published on Friday, Kata'ib Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Muhyee said the air raids on Hashd al-Sha’abi positions are actually meant to weaken Iraqi resistance factions, empty their weapons stores and end their role in maintaining security in Iraq.
Last week, Hashd al-Sha'abi 45th brigade issued a "final warning" to the U.S. over the attacks.
"We issue a final warning to the American enemy that any new targeting of any Iraqi positions will be met with a tough, categorical response," it said in a statement.
A handout picture released by the Hashd al-Sha'abi shows the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a drone attack near Iraq's western border with Syria on August 25, 2019.
Two unmanned aircraft carried out air raids on an area about 15 km (9 miles) away from Iraq's border with Syria on Sunday.
"As part of the string of Zionist attacks on Iraq, the evil Israeli crows have returned to target the Hashd al-Sha’abi, this time with two drones inside Iraqi territory," the group said in a statement.
The statement added that the attack left one fighter dead and another seriously wounded. Initial reports said two fighters were killed in the attack, which was carried out under American air cover.
"This blatant attack came with air cover over the area from American planes, in addition to a large balloon to monitor the area near the site of the incident," it said.
Reports said that one of the Sunday’s airstrikes hit the headquarters of a Hashd al-Sha’abi unit, while the other struck a convoy of cars leaving the building.
The air raids are the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted positions of the Hashd al-Sha’abi forces across Iraq over the past months.
The attacks began on July 19 when a drone dropped explosives onto a PMU base near the town of Amerli, in Salahuddin Province, killing at least one resistance fighter and injuring four others.
The fourth attack came last week, when a PMU ammunition depot exploded near the capital Baghdad. Hashd al-Sha'abi commanders soon pointed the finger at the Zionist regime and blasted American for allowing the attacks despite having full control over the Iraqi airspace.
Kata'ib Hezbollah, another prominent Iraqi resistance group, said the recent airstrikes on the positions of PMU are an attempt by the U.S. and the Zionist regime to revive the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.
In an interview with Lebanon's Arabic-language al-Ahed news website published on Friday, Kata'ib Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Muhyee said the air raids on Hashd al-Sha’abi positions are actually meant to weaken Iraqi resistance factions, empty their weapons stores and end their role in maintaining security in Iraq.
Last week, Hashd al-Sha'abi 45th brigade issued a "final warning" to the U.S. over the attacks.
"We issue a final warning to the American enemy that any new targeting of any Iraqi positions will be met with a tough, categorical response," it said in a statement.
A handout picture released by the Hashd al-Sha'abi shows the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a drone attack near Iraq's western border with Syria on August 25, 2019.