U.S. Kills Iran-Linked Militia Leader As Middle East Tensions Increase

A U.S. MQ-9 deployed to the Middle East in December 2022.

Credit: U.S. Air Force photo
U.S. aircraft on Jan. 4 struck and killed the leader of an Iranian proxy group in Baghdad, the latest ratcheting up of tensions across the region that includes continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The airstrike killed Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, also known as Abu Taqwa, and an associate, in Iraq’s...

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