Blast at Iraq army base kills one, wounds others

A soldier stands guard at the entrance of a hospital in central Iraq where people wounded in an overnight blast are being treated.

Iraq's foreign ministry expressed"strong concern" over the blast in Iran, warning of the"risks of military escalation which threatens security and stability in the region". It comes days after Iran launched an unprecedented assault on Israel which reportedly responded with a drone strike on the Islamic republic, amid tensions fuelled by the Gaza war.

"The United States has not conducted air strikes in Iraq today," US Central Command posted on social media platform X, adding that reports that American forces had carried out a strike were"not true". Responding to questions from AFP, neither the interior ministry official nor the military official could say who may have been behind the alleged bombing.The Hashed al-Shaabi is an integral part of the official Iraqi security apparatus under the authority of the prime minister.

The explosion came in response to Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend, in retaliation for a deadly strike on Iran's embassy in Damascus.

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