Popular Mobilization Force, a coalition of militias that is nominally under the control of the Iraqi military, has announced in a statement that its deputy head of operations in Baghdad, Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, or 'Abu Taqwa,' had been killed “as a result of brutal American aggression.”

The statement comes after an airstrike on the logistical support headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday, newswire Associated Press reported. It was not immediately clear who had carried out the strike.