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Iraq’s security services said on Saturday (April 20) there were no warplanes or drones in the air during overnight explosions that rocked Iraq’s military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups.
An explosion occurred overnight at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups on Saturday. It was an airstrike at the military base in Babylon province south of Baghdad, where Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, is stationed, according to officials.
An Iraqi security forces media unit said in a statement that air defence command reported “no drones or combat aircraft in the airspace of Babylon province before or during the explosion”.