The US said the attack lasted 30 minutes, hitting 85 targets across seven locations in Iraq and Syria.
In 2016, the Iraqi parliament passed a bill recognizing the PMU as a government entity operating alongside the Iraqi military.
A screengrab from a video, geolocated by CNN to the town of Qaim, Iraq, shows the aftermath of US military strikes in the area, according to the Iraqi Military.
Iraq and Syria condemned the US attack as infringements on their sovereignty that risk fueling regional conflict.
“The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,” Biden said in a statement Friday, following the strikes on Iraq and Syria.
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