Kataib Hezbollah dismisses suggestions that Iraqi groups behind attack on PM

DUBAI (Reuters) – A security official from the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group in Iraq dismissed suggestions on Sunday that Iraqi groups were behind the attack on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

“According to our confirmed information, no-one in Iraq has the desire to waste a drone on the house of a former prime minister,” Abu Ali Al-Askari said on Telegram. Kataib Hezbollah and other Iran-aligned militias in Iraq are among the groups that are hostile to Kadhimi.