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SHIITE MILITIA IN IRAQ
Iran's Revolutionary Guards set up covert Iraqi cells to attack Gulf neighbors, sources sayIran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has formed new secret groups in Iraq. These cells are carrying out drone attacks on Gulf nations like Kuwa...- Kuwait says it faces a missile and drone attack as shaky ceasefire in Iran war again challengedKuwait reported a missile and drone attack on Thursday, challenging the fragile ceasefire in the Iran war. The Kuwaiti military announced t...
- UAE says drones that targeted Barakah nuclear power plant came from Iraqi territoryDrones that struck the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant originated from Iraq. This suggests Iranian-backed Shiite militias may be responsi...
- US citizens in mid-east 'legitimate targets' if...: Terror group's warning as Israel-Iran conflict escalatesAn Iraqi terror outfit has issued a chilling warning that all US nationals in the Middle East will become "legitimate targets" if Donald Tr...
- 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 closes border to Iraq, flights stop amid violent unrestIraq's military said four rockets were launched into the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government where armed clashes ra...
- Clashes kill 10 as Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complexIn July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...
- Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives assassination bid with dronesThe attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month's parliamentary electio...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Iraqi military: Three rockets strike close to Baghdad airportThe rockets struck areas known to contain Iraqi security forces. One hit close to a central prison, the second near an academy of the 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 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.
- 'ISIS will benefit' from the Iran nuclear deal"ISIS will benefit a lot from this deal; segments of the Sunni community in the region will see Iran as having won and brought in from the ...
- The US is embracing a dark reality in IraqThe Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...
- 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...
- Ahmadinejad's Iraq trip denotes Iran's rising influenceIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to arrive in Baghdad Sunday for the first-ever visit by an Iranian leader to Iraq.
- US forces raid al-Sadr's strongholdA day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, America...
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