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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...
Trump cannot let Netanyahu pull him into renewed Iran warIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's reliance on military force to counter Iran and Hezbollah is questioned, drawing parallels to Eisenhower'...
A look at where Israel struck in central Beirut on the deadliest day of the Israel-Hezbollah warBeirut experienced intense Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday. Buildings were destroyed and many people were killed and injured. The attacks t...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
- British journalist rescued in Basra after two months in captivity
Iraqi troops freed a kidnapped British journalist Monday after finding him hooded and bound in a house during a raid in a Shiite militia st...
- US forces raid al-Sadr's stronghold
A day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, America...