Trump rates Iran war as '15 out of 10'President Donald Trump declared the US war effort against Iran is going exceptionally well. He stated Iranian leaders are being eliminated ...
05 Mar, 2026, 07.33 AM IST
Trump is drafting a new ally to attack Iran. What can happenReports suggest the Trump administration considered arming Kurdish groups to create unrest within Iran. This strategy leverages ethnic faul...
04 Mar, 2026, 10.16 PM IST
Proxy setbacks paved way for US-Israel strikes on IranRecent events have significantly weakened Iran's influence in the Middle East. Following the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel launched a str...
02 Mar, 2026, 10.55 AM IST
How the Fall of Assad changes the power dynamics in the Middle East?The Ba'athist regime's collapse in Syria, following Israel's campaign against Iran, leaves a power vacuum. Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham's surprisi...
11 Dec, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
Iraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against insurgentsIranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Iran foreign minister in Davos: Attacks on Israel will end if Gaza war stopsThe Islamic Republic backs Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in its war with Israel, which has devastated Gaza in an aerial and ground offen...
18 Jan, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
Iran sends more troops to Kurdish region as new protest flaresVideos showed dozens of men marching in the regional capital Zahedan, shouting slogans against Iran's supreme leader and the state's Bassij...
25 Nov, 2022, 06.57 PM IST
Iran's nationwide Hijab protests pile pressure on stateAmini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire" by the morality police w...
28 Sep, 2022, 04.14 PM IST
Ballistic missiles hit Iraq's Kurdish capital, United States blames IranThe missile attack comes as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal face the prospect of collapse after a last-minute Russian demand for...
13 Mar, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone, near United States embassyThe attack which came shortly before daybreak followed two separate attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in western Iraq and across the bor...
08 Jul, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
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 ...
06 Jul, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
Drone blast hits Iraq airport in new tactic against US troopsThe attacks have mostly been claimed by shadowy Shiite armed groups aligned with Iran who are demanding the Biden administration set a pull...
15 Apr, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
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 ...
31 Mar, 2021, 05.58 PM IST
View: From Syria, Donald Trump fuels the rise of Russia and ChinaThe Russians, in effect, have become guarantors of peace in the Middle East. The US demonstrates itself to be an untrustworthy ally. The co...
17 Oct, 2019, 06.39 PM IST
The US is losing track of who its friends are in IraqOn paper, the US is working alongside the Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish militias, Sunni tribal groups, and sectarian Shiite militias.
29 Jul, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
Conflict between groups fighting the Islamic State terror group in IraqIt seems that Kurds, an ethnic group, have been seizing on the opportunity to take over territory that they expel ISIS from.
10 Jun, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
01 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST