Iraqi militia claims drone attack targeting US troops in Baghdad

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iraqi Shiite militia claimed a drone attack Monday targeting US troops on the airport in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, additional widening the retaliation over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The group, Saraya Awliya al-Dam, is certainly one of a gaggle of Shiite militias working in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion of the nation that toppled Saddam Hussein.

The US and Iraq didn’t instantly touch upon the declare.

The attack comes as Iranian-supported militias together with the Lebanese group Hezbollah have entered the warfare began by the US and Israel launching an airstrike marketing campaign targeting Iran’s theocracy.

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