Deadly Blast At Iraq Army Base Amid Israel-Iran Tensions

Abu Fadak Al-Mohammedawi (C-R), the chief of staff of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, visits a man at a hospital in Hilla in the central province of Babylon after he was wounded in an explosion overnight (Credit: AFP)

One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday.

The explosion hit the Kalsu military base in Babylon province south of Baghdad, where Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, is stationed.