Thick plumes of smoke rise over Iraq’s Mosul after strikes

Air strikes targeted sites belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in the Rashidiya area of Mosul, Iraq, on March 29, 2026, resulting in thick plumes of smoke. The strikes occurred a day after the PMF reported that attacks had killed three of their fighters and two Iraqi police officers. The PMF statement suggested the prior attacks were related to the US-Israeli conflict with Iran spilling over into Iraq. The reason for the air strikes on the PMF sites in Mosul was not immediately clear in the report.