Iraq is increasingly caught between the US and Iran as the regional war escalates, deepening economic woes. Air strikes have targeted the headquarters of the Iran-aligned Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, as the country becomes a two-way battlefield between armed factions and the United States during its war with Iran. The US carried out strikes against the Shia paramilitary umbrella group, also known locally as Hashed al-Shaabi, late on Sunday after attacks on a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad International Airport. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “Units of the PMF were targeted by drone strikes and airstrikes, with three strikes in different locations,” a statement from a local emergency crisis cell said, adding that there were no casualties because the positions were deserted. The attack was carried out after Iraqi security officials said four explosions were heard near Camp Victory, a US logistics centre at the capital’s main airport. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig, reporting from Baghdad, said some drones “breached air defences and caused damage, more symbolic …