Early Sunday, an anti-corruption campaigner Ihab al-Wazni was shot dead in Karbala, Iraq’s holiest Shi’ite Muslim city where Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, is believed to be ...
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Pro-Iran militias in Iraq threaten Israel
Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq published posters threatening Israeli interests last week, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute’s Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor.
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Map of Iran’s regional proxy forces in the Middle East
Map of Iran's regional proxy forces in the Middle East, controlled by its IRGC-Quds Force extraterritorial organisation. The infographic provides an overview of the largest and well-known militia groups ...
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Esmail Qaani in Baghdad to unify loyal militias before elections
Among the goals is to pressure Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to end his rapprochement with Washington and reverse his policy of openness toward Iraq’s Arab neighbours.
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Iran-Backed militia blows up truck then quotes ‘Peaky Blinders’
Last week, near the town of al Batha in Iraq, a truck heading north on the main road between Basra and Baghdad was hit by an explosive device.
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Many of Iraq’s entry points are controlled by groups close to Tehran
Along Iraq’s borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties and crooked officials.
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