BAGHDAD, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Wednesday that three of its members were killed and several others wounded in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike in Iraq's western province of Anbar.
A PMF statement said the attack occurred at about 4:10 p.m. local time (1310 GMT) targeting the headquarters of the PMF's Anbar operations commander in the al-Qaim district near the Iraqi-Syrian border, and the headquarters of the second battalion of its 45th Brigade.
The PMF described the targeted positions as security sites that have long defended Iraq during the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization and maintained security on the ground.
The group reported that dozens of its members have been killed in similar attacks over recent days, which it attributes to U.S.-Israeli operations.
The attack came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. ■
