U.S. Drone Strike in Baghdad Kills High-Ranking Terrorist Commander: Report

The U.S. launched a drone strike in Baghdad on Wednesday evening, targeting the head of the Kataib Hezbollah militia’s Syria operations, according to reports.

The strike killed three members of the Iran-backed militia, including a high-ranking commander, the Associated Press reported. 

One of the three killed was Wissam Mohammed “Abu Bakr” al-Saadi, the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria, unnamed officials with the militias told the AP.

The strike targeted the group’s car as it traveled on a main road in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

The drone strike comes days after the U.S. military launched retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting Iran-backed militias in response to a drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan late last month.