US carries out defensive strike in Iraq as regional tensions worsen
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    US forces carried out an air strike on "combatants"  inside a base south of Baghdad used by Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF). Four members of the group were killed. They were attempting to launch drones that threatened US and allied troops, a defense official said.                                
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            US forces carried out an air strike on "combatants"  inside a base south of Baghdad used by Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF). Four members of the group were killed. They were attempting to launch drones that threatened US and allied troops, a defense official said.