Iran-backed Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah announce killing of commander

Iran-backed Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah announce killing of commander The Iran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq on Wednesday. Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the secretary-general of the armed faction, mourned the loss of a "great commander", Ali Hussein al-Freiji. A strike hit a vehicle near the group's main base in southern Iraq, two sources from the faction told AFP, killing three.