(CNN) A coalition spokesman denied that a convoy that included Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces was hit by an airstrike in Iraq on Saturday morning. The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) had said that an airstrike killed and wounded several of its forces near northern Baghdad's Taji camp. "The Coalition did NOT conduct airstrikes near Camp Taji (north of Baghdad) in recent days," Col. Myles B. Caggins III, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, tweeted. Iraq's Joint Operations Command also denied reports that an airstrike took place. "The Joint Operations Command calls for caution in reporting and spreading rumors especially at this time," it said in a statement Saturday.

Source: CNN January 04, 2020 01:08 UTC