U.S. Kills Iran-Linked Militia Leader As Middle East Tensions Increase

Brian Everstine January 04, 2024

A U.S. MQ-9 deployed to the Middle East in December 2022.

Credit: U.S. Air Force photo
U.S. aircraft on Jan. 4 struck and killed the leader of an Iranian proxy group in Baghdad, the latest ratcheting up of tensions across the region that includes continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The airstrike killed Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, also known as Abu Taqwa, and an associate, in Iraq’s...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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