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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's 'axis of resistance': a coalition against Israel, USIran's 'axis of resistance,' consisting of Hezbollah, Hamas, and various groups in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, opposes Israel and the US. The c...
Over 100 missing after Nigeria jihadist kidnapping: OfficialsMore than 100 people are missing after jihadists carried out a mass kidnapping in northeast Nigeria, targeting women and children from disp...
Monk militia: The Buddhist clergy backing Myanmar's juntaThe scene, from a video posted online by army-linked media, would have seemed unimaginable to previous generations in the overwhelmingly Bu...
Pakistan's strategic interest in Afghanistan is to counter Indian influence, says US reportThe report for the quarter April 1 to June 30 said the Pakistani government is concerned that a civil war in Afghanistan would have destabi...
Militia commanders rush to aid Afghan forces against TalibanKnown as the Lion of Herat, Ismail Khan a veteran Tajik commander is scheduled to hold a gathering to prepare his forces to fight against t...
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...
Iraq trains United States-sanctioned militia leader for army position: SourcesMaking Lami a senior officer in the army is one of the boldest moves yet by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, a U.S. ally, to dilute the p...
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.
There are still huge problems with the US strategy for fighting ISISThe US is making significant gains in its fight against IS. But some are still skeptical about Washington's overall strategy.
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...
Peace committee chief, 5 others killed in Pakistan blastSix persons, including the head of a peace committee, was today killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in northwest Pakistan's restive tr...
- Apex court ruling on Salwa Judum
It has also called for an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into excesses conducted by one such militia in Chhattisgarh.
- 12 killed in Pak suicide attack
A suicide bomber targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia attending a funeral in Pakistan's restive northwest today, killing at least 12...
- Iraq suicide bombers kill 46
Suicide bombers killed 46 people in Iraq on Sunday in two separate attacks targeting anti-Qaeda militiamen that marked the country's bloodi...
- US Supreme Court in historic hearing on gun laws
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday takes up for the first time in 70 years the thorny issue of the right to bear arms, an emotional subject th...