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New US strikes target Iran-backed militia in Iraq
3 January 2020 23:34 GMT
About 24 hours after assassinating top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the US military targeted camps belonging to the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) late on Friday, Reuters reported.
The strikes killed six fighters at a base in Taj north of Baghdad, the news agency said, citing an Iraqi military source.
The PMU has said in a statement that it denies that a top commander was killed, saying that medics were killed near the Taji stadium in Baghdad.
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