Shafaq News- Diyala
An explosion hit a headquarters ofthe Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-backed coalition ofpredominantly Shiite armed factions, in Diyala province, northeastern Iraq, asecurity source told Shafaq News on Thursday.
The blast occurred inside a storagefacility for weapons and rockets on the outskirts of Al-Muqdadiya district.
The cause of the explosion was notimmediately clear, and preliminary information indicated that no casualties hadbeen recorded.
On Wednesday, firefightersextinguished a blaze that swept through five caravans at a PMF facility inBaghdad, with preliminary information pointing to an electrical short circuitas the likely cause.