Air strike kills four Iran-linked fighters in Iraq

Separately, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards target US base in Kurdistan region, as PM Sudani rejects attempts to drag Iraq into the war.Published On 10 Mar 2026Iraq’s prime minister has told United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country should not be used as a launchpad for attacks in the Middle East war, the Iraqi government said.This comes as several strikes were launched across Iraq on Tuesday, including one that hit a group affiliated with the mostly Shia Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3The ‘Fourth Successor’: Iran’s plan for a long war with the US and Israellist 2 of 3Drone evades defences, ignites fire at southern Iraq oil facilitylist 3 of 3Iran to halt strikes on neighbours unless attacks from there: Pezeshkianend of listIraq neighbours Iran, against which the US and Israel launched a war on February 28, as well as the Gulf, which Iran has hit with missile and drone attacks.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they hit a US base in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. “The headquarters of the invading US army in Al-Harir Air Base in the Kurdistan region was targeted with five missiles,” they said in a statement on their Telegram channel.Earlier on Tuesday, the Iran-backed Kataib Imam Ali group, affiliated with the PMF, said four of its members were killed and 12 injured in air attacks in northern Iraq that it blamed on the US.The group claimed its fighters were killed in “American aggression” against their position in the Dibis district of Kirkuk province.The bombing hit a position that belongs to the PMF, which is an alliance of factions now integrated into Iraq’s regular army and which includes powerful Iran-backed groups.The Iraqi government’s security information cell confirmed that several PMF fighters were killed in a “bombing” in Kirkuk, though it did not attribute the strike to anyone.In Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s phone call with Rubio, he stressed “the importance of ensuring that Iraqi airspace, territory, and waters are not used for any military action targeting neighbouring countries or the region”, the prime minister’s media office said on Tuesday.