Air strike hits Iraq base housing pro-Iran group: faction source

An air strike hit a military base in southern Iraq housing the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group on Tuesday, a source from the armed faction said. (Reuters/File)

• The Jurf Al-Nasr base has been struck several times since the start of the war

BAGHDAD: An air strike hit a military base in southern Iraq housing the Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group on Tuesday, a source from the armed faction said.
The Jurf Al-Nasr base, which serves as one of the main bastions of the powerful Tehran-backed group, has been struck several times since the start of the war in the Middle East.