VOA reported on May 23 that a big cache of Iran made arms and ammunition was discovered in Karbala. This cache was found in a farm in Husseiniyeh, northern Karbala, and contained a large number of artillery and mortar shells, 150 kilograms of explosives including TNT, 50 EFPs and 6 vehicles.

Meanwhile, in a press conference, Brig. Gen. Qassim Ata, the Iraq’s armed forces Spokesman in Baghdad, said: A weaponry cache was discovered and confiscated in Sadr City containing a large amount of arms and ammunition, tens of anti-personnel mines and EFPs sent by the Iranian regime.