US-Saudi strikes in Iraq kill 20 Iran-backed fighters

Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Photo: INA Baghdad — US-Saudi strikes on Iraq on Wednesday killed at least 20 members of a former paramilitary alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, the alliance said. The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an alliance of former paramilitary groups and factions now integrated into the Iraqi armed forces, said at least 20 fighters “were martyred and another 32 wounded according to a preliminary toll” following the US-Saudi strikes on its bases in seven provinces.