BAGHDAD: A new US air strike targeted a commander in Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force early Saturday , state television reported, a day after anThe channel said the strike took place north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad but did not name the targeted figure.A police source told AFP that bombardment there hit a Hashed convoy and left"dead and wounded", without providing a specific toll.
Around 14,000 other troops have already been deployed as reinforcements to the Middle East this year, reflecting steadily growing tensions with Iran.Signalling growing threats to the approximately 5,200 US troops still in Iraq, a leading Hashed member, Hadi al-Ameri, urged lawmakers there"to oust foreign troops ... because their presence has become a threat".