Iraq police in armed clash with pro-Iran militia in Baghdad: security official

Iraqi police surrounded the Baghdad headquarters of the pro-Iran Hezbollah Brigades militia today, after an armed clash with law enforcement left three people wounded, an interior ministry source said.

The Hezbollah Brigades, part of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary units that fought the Islamic State group in Iraq, is also fighting on the side of Bashar al-Assad in Syria independent of the authorities in Baghdad.