BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- An unknown aircraft Sunday carried out an airstrike on a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi base in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a local official said.
The incident took place in the early hours of the day when an unidentified aircraft bombarded al-Murassanat Camp, where the Hashd Shaabi forces were stationed in a desert area near the border with neighboring Syria, the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The heavy bombardment caused huge explosions, the official said, adding that there were no immediate reports about casualties.
During the past weeks, a series of explosions took place in Hashd Shaabi arms depots in central and western Iraq. The incidents were mainly believed to be attributed to attacks by unknown aircraft.
The repeated explosions on Hashd Shaabi arms depots pushed Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, to order in mid-August that all military flights, including reconnaissance aircraft, are prohibited from using the Iraqi airspace without his permission.
