Iran on Saturday condemned U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria, and denied responsibility for rocket attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq that prompted Friday’s strikes. Washington said …
Iran’s Top Security Official Raps US Attacks on Resistance Forces
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council decried the recent “brutal” US strikes on the Iraqi forces in Syria as part of attempts to revive “organized terrorism”, vowing that Iran will …
7,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to regroup in key areas, general warns
Kurdish commander Siwan Barzani told the Times that ISIS fighters are infiltrating the civilian population to recruit and re-build their following.
Five die and over 170 injured in Iraq’s protests
Among the fatalities, most died from bullet wounds, a hospital source said, adding that about 120 protesters were wounded. At least 57 members of the security forces were injured, according to another …
Once ravaged by IS, Iraq’s Sinjar caught in new tug-of-war
Nearly six years since Iraq’s Sinjar region was recaptured from jihadists, a tangled web of geopolitical tensions risks sparking a new conflict that could prolong the dire situation of minority …
Pentagon dismisses notion of delayed Syria strike, finally blames Iran for rocket attacks in Iraq
The Defense Department finally pointed the finger at Iran on Friday for recent rocket attacks in Iraq that endangered American service members and diplomats, while defending the Biden administration’s …
GameStop has deja vu, Iraq reflects on oil and Martian winds blow
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Militia official: US strike in Syria kills 1, wounds several
An Iraqi militia official says a U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed one militiaman and wounded a number of others with a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi group …
Biden Takes First Military Action With Strikes on Syria Militias
The U.S. carried out air strikes in eastern Syria overnight on sites connected to Iranian-backed groups believed to be involved in recent attacks in Iraq, the first overt use of military force under …
In Iraq’s Biblical lands, scattered Christians ask ‘should I stay or go?’
A jihadist message, “Islamic State endures”, is still graffitied on the front gate of Thanoun Yahya, an Iraqi Christian from the northern city of Mosul, scrawled by Islamist militants who occupied his …