Baghdad, March 5, 2026 (AFP) - Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah says commander killed in strike

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2026-03-05

The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on Thursday that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the secretary-general of the armed faction, mourned in a statement the loss of a "great commander", Ali Hussein al-Freiji, who had joined the group more than two decades ago. Two sources from the faction told AFP on Wednesday that a strike hit a vehicle near the group's main base i......

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