Unlike the strike the day prior that killed a top Iranian general, the US is denying responsibility for the latest airstrike.
An airstrike is said to have killed several members of an Iran-backed militia near the Iraqi capital, according to multiple reports.
The Popular Mobilization Forces , a collection of Iraqi militia groups with ties to Iran, confirmed the strike in a statement, revealing that a medical convoy was struck near a stadium. Despite early reports that several leaders were killed, the PMF denied the loss of any senior leadership. The strike comes just one day after the US conducted a drone strike on a convoy near the Baghdad International Airport, killing top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and several others.
After the Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah conducted a rocket strike on a local base last Friday, killing a US civilian contractor and wounding several American service members, the US conducted airstrikes on five of the militia's facilities on Sunday.
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