IRAQ ISRAEL CONFLICT

Iraqi Shiite militia holds funeral for leader killed in strike on Syria

epa11619370 Members of Iraqi Shiite armed group Kata'ib Hezbollah walk around an ambulance carrying the coffin of their comrade Abu Haidar al-Khafaji who was killed in a strike in Damascus, during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, 22 September 2024. Iraqi Shiite militia Kata'ib Hezbollah said Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, who was serving as a security adviser to the Syrian government, had been killed in a strike in Syria on 20 September, accusing Israel of carrying the attack. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the Iraqi commander was killed and his escort was injured in an attack 'carried out by a drone believed to be Israeli, targeting his car on the road to Damascus international airport'. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) did not comment on the attack report. EPA/AHMED JALIL

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