Iraqi paramilitary bases attacked by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes

BAGHDAD, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Monday that U.S.-Israeli airstrikes attacked two of its bases, without causing casualties.

Two PMF statements said that its units of the 15th Brigade and 27th Brigade suffered from U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, resulting in no casualties but material losses.

Over the past few days, dozens of PMF members have been killed in what the group claimed were U.S.-Israeli operations.

Separately, a security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the air defense system shot down a booby-trapped drone near Erbil International Airport in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region without causing any casualties.

The attacks came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies have responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. Enditem