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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

(240208) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man lights candles at the site of a drone strike in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 8, 2024. At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

(240208) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather at the site of a drone strike in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 8, 2024. At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

Militia leader killed in U.S. drone attack in Iraqi capital

STORY: Militia leader killed in U.S. drone attack in Iraqi capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of a burned vehicle targeted by a U.S. Drone strike in eastern Baghdad STORYLINE: At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast caused a fire and killed three people inside the vehicle, the source said, adding that Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene and a civil defense team rushed to put out the fire. The source identified one man killed in the car as Abu Baqir al-Saadi, a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that has links to Hashd Shaabi

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

(240208) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Civil Defense remove a car bombarded by a drone strike in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 7, 2024. At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

IRAQ-BAGHDAD-DRONE-ATTACK

(240208) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Civil Defense remove a car bombarded by a drone strike in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 7, 2024. At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)