Kataib Hezbollah commander killed in US drone strike in Iraq

A senior member of an Iranian-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. The strikes are in response to the deaths of three American servicemen on a base in Jordan last month. The US Pentagon says the commander from Kataib Hezbollah was responsible for directly planning and participating in the attacks. “[United States] forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on US service members, killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on US forces in the region,” a statement from the US military read. The commander has not been named.