The death toll from an airstrike on the positions of the Iraqi Shiite militia al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces or PMF) on the border with Syria has reached ten, Al Jazeera reports.

Earlier, it was reported that three militiamen from the al-Hashd al-Shaabi were killed.

According to an Iraqi security source, an airstrike was carried out on the headquarters of the al-Hashd al-Shaabi near the Iraqi border town of Al-Qaim.

The source added that several more militiamen were injured to varying degrees.