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Mourners march with the casket of a slain member of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) -- an alliance of factions now integrated into the regular army that also includes powerful Iran-backed groups -- who was killed in a US-Israeli air strike in Mosul the previous evening, during a funerary procession in Baghdad on March 8, 2026. ©AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
An airstrike on Monday hit a base belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi coalition in northern Iraq, according to officials from the former paramilitary alliance, which includes pro-Iran factions.
One of the officials blamed the strike on the United States, saying it hit a base in the Bartella area near the city of Mosul in Nineveh province.
Another Hashed source and a local official confirmed the attack, with no casualties reported.
The Hashed al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces, is an alliance of factions created in 2014 to fight jihadists and is now integrated into the Iraqi armed forces.
Iran-backed groups have brigades that operate within the Hashed al-Shaabi but have a reputation for acting on their own.
Since the start of the Middle East war, bases belonging to Hashed al-Shaabi have been hit several times, with strikes targeting Tehran-backed armed groups.
These groups are also united under a loose alliance called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which has claimed attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq.
AFP
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