A US drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday night, killing three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander who was responsible for attacks on US forces in the region, according to officials consulted by our sister network NBC News and The Associated Press agency.
The attack occurred on a main road in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.
A crowd gathered as emergency response teams searched the wreckage.
Security forces closed the heavily guarded Green Zone, home to several diplomatic compounds, amid calls for protesters to storm the US embassy.
Two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said a top Kataib Hezbollah commander was targeted in a U.S. strike Wednesday in Iraq.
The sources were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.