U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq

March 12, 2020

Author: 

Gordon Lubold, Nancy Youssef, and Isabel Coles

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.