File Photo: Fighters from Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi. Photo: AFP
The bombing targeted a base in Anbar province during a commander's meeting, a source from the group told AFP on condition of anonymity, blaming the United States for the attack.
Seven Hashed al-Shaabi fighters were "killed and 13 wounded in a US strike", the source added.
Hashed al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), is an umbrella group of paramilitary factions that was formally integrated into Iraq’s state security forces.
A PMF statement condemned the strike, which it said killed the provincial commander and head of operations in Anbar, Saad Dawai al-Baiji, as well as several fighters, but did not give further details.
A security official told AFP that the wounded were being treated at a hospital.
Armed Iraqi groups have claimed responsibility for attacks on US military assets in Iraq, while American strikes have regularly targeted these groups.
Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Baghdad has repeatedly denounced attacks on the Hashed al-Shaabi.
Last week, the Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that combat helicopters had carried out strikes against groups in Iraq during the ongoing war.
Separately, Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region accused Iran on Tuesday of launching an attack against its peshmerga armed forces, following the deaths of six fighters.
"Six Iranian ballistic missiles targeted them" in two attacks, the region's armed forces ministry said in a statement, adding that the incident killed six people and wounded 30 others.
It is the first deadly attack on the regional security forces since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.
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