U.S. Drone Strike Kills Iraq Militia Leader Behind Deadly Attack on American Base

February 8, 2024

Author: 

Gordon Lubold and Nancy A. Youssef

Publication: 

Wall Street Journal

Related Country: 

  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Syria

The United States conducted retaliatory air strikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria following a drone strike carried out by Iraqi militias that killed three Americans at a U.S. military outpost in Jordan. In a separate drone strike in Baghdad, the United States also killed a commander in the militia group Kataib Hezbollah, whom Iraqi media identified as Abu Baqir al Saadi.