Live. Injuries sustained as explosions reported at Iraq military base

The cause of the blast is currently unconfirmed, with a US official confirming it was not part of US military operations.

The Kalsu military facility in the city of Babylon is used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and holds its chief of staff there.

One PMF fighter was killed and six wounded, according to sources in a nearby hospital in the city of Hillah.

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