Strike on Kataib Hezbollah site in Anbar kills two

ANBAR — A suspected airstrike targeted positions belonging to Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah faction in the Akashat area of Qaim district, west of Anbar, on Sunday evening, a security source told 964media.

The source said the strike killed two members and wounded five others.

Iraq’s Joint Operations Command later announced that a Popular Mobilization Forces position, the 45th Brigade, was struck by two airstrikes in the Akashat area. It said the attack resulted in a number of casualties.

In a separate development, security sources said another airstrike hit the Jurf al-Sakhar area in Babil. No further details were immediately available.

The Jurf al-Sakhar was struck airstrikes twice on Saturday. In earlier strikes, two people were killed and three others were wounded.

The site hosts PMF positions including factions such as Kataib Hezbollah.