Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces Raid Iran-Backed Base in Baghdad

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces Raid Iran-Backed Base in Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the prime minister's office in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 4, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via Reuters
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BAGHDAD—Iraq’s elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) raided the headquarters of powerful Iran-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group, government officials said.

The raid was the strongest action by Iraqi forces against Kataib Hezbollah in years, which U.S. officials have accused of killing U.S. and Coalition service members and firing rockets at Coalition bases.