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A history of Iran's nuclear programme and tensions with the US as an interim deal is reachedA landmark interim deal between the United States and Iran aims to end a protracted war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. This agreeme...
Oil Price Today (June 10): Crude oil rises to $92 as Iran attacks US airbases in Jordan, Kuwait. What’s next?Oil prices rebounded approximately 1% on Wednesday, recovering from a seven-week low. Fresh Iranian responses to U.S. military strikes, inc...
IRGC-linked operative accused of plotting assassination of Ivanka Trump: ReportAn Iraqi national is arrested in Turkey for allegedly plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump. The suspect, linked to Iran's Revolutionary Gua...
Drone targets Iraq's Taji military base, no casualties, state news agency saysAn unidentified drone struck an Iraqi army radar at the Taji military base, located north of Baghdad, according to a military official. The...
Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm to avert Trump wrathSeveral Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are ready to disarm to prevent conflict with the U.S., after warnings from the Trump administration...
Iran, Russia condemn US airstrikes in Iraq and SyriaMinistry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani, in a statement, said the attacks represented "another adventurous and strategic mistake by the United...
Iran's IRGC Quds Force represents direct threat to Iraq's stability; the US will continue to take action: CENTCOMUS Central Command Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla has emphasized the threat posed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRG...
Iraq condemns US strikes, calls it 'violation of sovereginty'Last week, The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition encompassing militias like Kata'ib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba, asserted account...
United States to announce troop drawdown from Iraq, but little is expected to changeMost of Iraq’s paramilitary units were formed in 2014 in response to a call by the country’s most revered Shiite cleric for Iraqis to mobil...
Drone attacks by Iraqi militias reflect Iran's waning holdThe details from Esmail Ghaani's visit, confirmed to The Associated Press by three Shiite political officials and two senior militia offici...
Iraqi militia commander vows to avenge deaths in United States strikeOn June 27, U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border against what the Pentagon said were facilities used by ...
Iraqi militia commander Qassim Mahmoud Musleh, whose arrest stoked tensions, freedSupporters of Qassim Mahmoud Musleh greeted him with hugs and kisses on Baghdad's central Jadriya Bridge after his release, taking photos a...
Tensions rise in Baghdad after arrest of militia commander Qassim Mahmoud MuslehMusleh is the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Anbar province. The PMF is a state-sanctioned group comprised of an array of milit...
American commander says more work needed to counter small dronesMarine Gen. Frank McKenzie told reporters traveling with him that the use of small drones by Iranian-backed militia is only going to grow i...
In tactical shift, Iran grows new, loyal elite from among Iraqi militiasIran has handpicked hundreds of trusted fighters from among the cadres of its most powerful militia allies in Iraq, forming smaller, elite ...
A growing challenge for Iraq: Iran-aligned Shiite militiasIt is a tightrope for al-Kadhimi, who has said bringing armed groups under state control is a goal of his administration but finds himself ...
The Iraqi campaign to retake Ramadi from ISIS is a looming disasterA successful campaign to retake the city could send ISIS into retreat. But failure would only solidify the jihadists' hold over a sizable p...