Airstrikes hit PMF positions at Al-Habbaniya, Anbar — intelligence unit targeted, attacker unclear

Airstrikes targeted PMF positions at Al-Habbaniya in Anbar Province, Iraq, according to a police source cited by Al Jazeera. Local reporting indicated the strike hit a PMF intelligence unit specifically. No immediate confirmation of casualties or damage; the identity of the attacker was not confirmed. The attack profile is consistent with either US military operations or Israeli airstrikes — both have been active in the Iraq secondary theatre. The US killed 7 PMF fighters at a separate Anbar location on Day 25; Iraq's NSC subsequently authorized PMF self-defense responses. Al-Habbaniya (also spelled Habbaniyah) is located roughly 80 km west of Baghdad in Anbar Province. It hosts the former RAF Habbaniya air base complex — one of the largest military installations in Iraq — now used as an Iraqi army and PMF base. The targeting of PMF intelligence specifically suggests a precision strike aimed at disrupting command and intelligence capacity rather than a broad attritional strike. This follows the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claiming 23 attacks on US military sites in the same 24-hour period and suggests continued tit-for-tat escalation between US/Israeli forces and Iran-aligned militias in Iraq.