March 12, 2020
Publication:
The Wall Street Journal
Related Country:
- Iraq
- United Kingdom
- United States
The United States conducted airstrikes against five weapons storage facilities linked to Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah (KB) in Iraq. The operation was in retaliation for a rocket attack on Camp Taji that killed two Americans and a British service member and wounded more than a dozen others. The Pentagon said that the U.S. strike was designed to damage KB’s ability to carry out future attacks against American forces in the region. According to a television station tied to the militia, the airstrike killed three individuals and injured four others.
