BAGHDAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and four others injured early Tuesday in an airstrike on a house in central Baghdad, including senior figures of Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Interior Ministry source said.
The attack occurred at dawn in the Jadriyah neighborhood, where unidentified aircraft bombarded and leveled a house, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The strike resulted in the deaths of two high-ranking PMF officials and an Iranian advisor, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, the source added.
Over the past few days, dozens of PMF members have been killed in attacks, for which the group blamed U.S.-Israeli operations.
On Monday evening, a booby-trapped drone struck a hotel in central Baghdad, causing huge explosions. The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, located in Baghdad's Green Zone, was also attacked early Tuesday, with facilities inside the compound catching fire.
The attacks came amid heightened tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, which prompted Iran and its regional allies to retaliate with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. ■
