BAGHDAD, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Wednesday that one of its commanders and another member were killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh.
A PMF statement said that Yassin Mohammed Sadiq, commander of the commando battalion of the 53rd Brigade, was killed in an airstrike targeting their positions in the Tal Afar area, some 70 km west of Nineveh's provincial capital, Mosul.
Two strikes resulted in the deaths of the commander and a PMF member, while four others were wounded, according to the statement.
Over the past month, dozens of PMF members have been killed in what the group said were U.S.-Israeli strikes.
The strikes 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. ■
