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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Hashed al-Shaabi

A screenshot of video from social media shows fire after a reported airstrike on a military base used by a coalition of pro-Iran militias in Iraq, early April 20, 2024. (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2024, 8:01 am
Blast rocks base used by Iraqi coalition of Iran-allied militias; US denies involvement
Iraq says one killed, no jets or drones in area at time of explosion; military official says blast was in ‘warehouses storing equipment’; Israeli official: Nothing to do with us
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Civil defense members gather at the site of a burned vehicle targeted by a US drone strike in east Baghdad, Iraq, February 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
February 7, 2024, 11:35 pm
US drone strike in Baghdad kills senior commander of Iran-backed militia
Paramilitary officials say 2 other members of Kataeb Hezbollah, which US suspects led deadly attack on American forces, killed in car with Wissam Mohammed ‘Abu Bakr’ al-Saadi
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad on December 4, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
December 12, 2023, 2:18 pm
Drone, rockets fired at US-led coalition forces in Iraq and Syria
Attacks on bases in western Iraq and northeast Syria claimed by Islamic Resistance in Iraq coalition, which opposes US support for Israel in war against Hamas
By AFP
Iraqi soldiers from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) forces carry the coffins of fighters killed in a US strike earlier in the day, during a funeral in Baghdad on November 22, 2023. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
December 3, 2023, 10:12 pm
Iraqi source: Five pro-Iran fighters killed in suspected US strike
Raid targets site used by armed group affiliated with Hashed al-Shaabi; Iraqi PM warns US against any ‘attack’ on Iraqi territory after a resumption of Israel-Hamas war
By Agencies
Jabbar Alwan, who lost four family members to violence, is pictured at the scene of an attack by Islamic States (IS) group members, in the village of Albu Bali in the Dyala province northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on January 12, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
January 19, 2023, 8:35 am
Islamic State attacks still claiming Iraqi lives five years after defeat
Security forces struggle to prevent periodic assaults by Sunni terror group while authorities strive to prevent violence boiling into conflict between Sunni and Shiite communities
By Guillaume Decamme
Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in Najaf, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)
December 29, 2021, 5:16 pm
Iraqi election winner meets with pro-Iran rivals after push to annul election
Meeting between Muqtada al-Sadr and leaders of Iranian-backed militias follows top court’s dismissal of the latter’s fraud claims
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary fighters stand guard during a funerary procession in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, October 26, 2019. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
June 28, 2021, 3:59 pm
Iraqi PM denounces US strikes on pro-Iran fighters amid calls for revenge
Mustafa al-Kadhemi slams raids along his country’s border with Syria as a ‘blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty’
By Laure Al Khoury and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
An aerial view of the Mandali crossing between Iraq and Iran. The Mandali crossing on the Iranian border is run by the Badr Organisation, an Iraqi movement founded in Iran, port workers, officials and analysts confirmed. An official there boasted to AFP that a border operative can rake in $10,000 per day in bribes, the bulk of which is distributed to the overseeing armed group and complicit officials. (Thaier Al-SUDANI / AFP)
March 31, 2021, 4:17 pm
‘A mafia’ stealing billions: Iran-tied customs-evasion cartel rules Iraq borders
Many of Iraq’s entry points are informally controlled by groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful state-sponsored armed network close to Tehran
By Maya Gebeily
An Iraqi fighter with the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) inspects the site of an Islamic State attack, a day earlier, on a unit of the paramilitary force in Mukaishefah, about 180 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad, May 3, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
October 15, 2020, 6:01 pm
Pro-Iran fighters in Iraq say truce with US hinges on American withdrawal
Lawmaker representing Hashed al-Shaabi group says ceasefire ‘not open-ended’ and could be called off by year’s end
By AFP
Illustrative: Iraqi security forces close a street leading to the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
February 16, 2020, 4:17 am
Rockets fall near US embassy in Baghdad
No immediate reports of casualties in barrage, the 19th attack on US troops and assets since October
By AFP
Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, January 8, 2020. (Anmar Khalil/AP)
January 9, 2020, 10:28 am
Iraq set for conflict, even if US and Iran deescalate
Analysts warn pro-Iranian militias may continue to seek revenge for slaying of senior commander and that there is no obvious mediator to calm tensions in the country
By Maya Gebeily
An Iraqi woman holds a placard during the funeral of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and eight others in Baghdad's district of al-Jadriya on January 4, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
January 5, 2020, 2:43 pm
Iraqi MPs meet on ousting US troops after Soleimani killing
Some 5,200 American soldiers are deployed across Iraqi bases to train and support local troops to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State
By AFP
Surveillance footage aired by Iraqi television that is said to show the moment a convoy carrying Iranian Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was hit in a US airstrike at Baghdad international airport, January 3, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
January 3, 2020, 10:46 pm
Four Hellfire missiles and a severed hand: The killing of Qassem Soleimani
Ripped to pieces, Soleimani was identified by his ring; strike was planned days ago, with Trump telling Sen. Graham on Monday, apparently while they played golf in Florida
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of smoke rising from a fire set by pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters in the US embassy compound, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
January 2, 2020, 11:04 pm
Elite Iraqi troops secure US embassy after attack
More than a dozen black armored vehicles of the American-trained Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service deploy in Baghdad’s Green Zone to reinforce security
By Ammar Karim
A man waves the Iraqi flag while the Iraqi army soldiers are deployed in front of the US embassy, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 1, 2020. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
January 2, 2020, 8:07 am
With pro-Iran groups at helm, Iraq ‘risks becoming pariah’
As the Iran-backed Hashed al-Shaabi force exerts its will on Baghdad government and controls events on the ground, country risks further isolation from US and the rest of the world
By Maya Gebeily
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