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The US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq in 2014 (Public Domain/US State Department)
September 24, 2019, 3:28 am
Two rockets explode near US embassy in Baghdad amid US-Iran tensions
Projectiles fired from an area controlled by Iraqi paramilitary forces with ties to Tehran; no casualties reported
By AFP
Mourners hold a banner with Arabic that reads, "Masses of the Popular Mobilization Forces chant death to America, death to Israel" during the funeral procession of Abu Ali al-Dabi, a fighter of the Popular Mobilization Forces, who was killed in a drone attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, August 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)
August 27, 2019, 8:49 am
US backs Iraqi action against ‘external actors’ after alleged Israeli strikes
Pentagon denies involvement in attacks on iran-backed fighters after Iraqi lawmakers urge US forces to exit country, call strikes ‘declaration of war’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Mourners hold a banner with Arabic that reads, "Masses of the Popular Mobilization Forces chant death to America, death to Israel" during the funeral procession of Abu Ali al-Dabi, a fighter of the Popular Mobilization Forces, who was killed in a drone attack, in Baghdad, Iraq, August 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)
August 26, 2019, 6:52 pm
Iraq begins probe into deadly drone attack blamed on Israel
Paramilitary force has already accused Jewish state of strike near border, but Baghdad’s military says investigation is ongoing
By AFP and TOI staff
Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces carry the coffin of their comrade Kazem Mohsen, known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali al-Dabi, during his funeral procession in the central Iraqi shrine city of Najaf on August 26, 2019. (Haidar Hamdani/Hashed al-Shaabi Media/AFP)
August 26, 2019, 3:29 pm
Iraqi political bloc calls alleged Israeli strikes ‘a declaration of war’
Coalition representing Iran-backed paramilitaries calls for US troops to leave the country, says it holds Washington responsible for airstrikes
By Agencies and TOI staff
Satellite photo of a weapons depot in southern Baghdad controlled by a pro-Iranian militia that was hit in an alleged Israeli operation on August 12, 2019. (ImageSat International)
August 14, 2019, 8:01 pm
Satellite firm says images of bombed Iraqi site indicate it was hit in airstrike
Israel’s ImageSat International releases pictures of weapons depot in southern Baghdad controlled by a pro-Iranian militia; attack has been blamed on Israel
By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon
Explosions seen at a base south of Baghdad on August 12, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter)
August 14, 2019, 12:58 pm
Israel blamed for blast in Iran-backed militia weapons depot in Baghdad
Unnamed security source tells Saudi-owned daily that the war that Israel has been waging against Iran In Syria has now spread to Iraq
By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon
Illustrative photo of a US-made Reaper drone. (Dominique Faget/AFP)
July 19, 2019, 5:26 pm
Drone bombs base used by pro-Iranian militia in Iraq
Iranian and Hezbollah operatives said hurt or killed in strike; some reports say the site recently received shipment of ballistic missiles from Islamic Republic
By TOI staff and AFP
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the State Department in Washington on July 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
July 18, 2019, 9:10 pm
Pence says US sanctioning 2 Iraqi militia chiefs over Iran ties
But Treasury statement makes no mention of Rayan al-Kildani and Waad Qado’s Iranian links; 2 ex-governor’s also sanctioned
By AFP
In this illustrative photo from February 13, 2018, an Iraqi army soldier stands guard near a US- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 15, 2019, 1:41 pm
Mortar attack targets Iraqi base housing US troops
Iraqi military says no casualties in incident, which comes amid rising friction in the Middle East between United States and Iran
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
In this photo from July 1, 2016, members of the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group take part in a Quds Day march in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
June 12, 2019, 8:16 pm
US blacklists Iraqi firm accused of gunrunning for Iranian Guards
South Wealth Resources and two of its agents added to State Department’s list of global terrorists, are also accused of helping move funds on behalf of IRGC
By Agencies
Shiite militiamen carry a poster of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while stepping on a drawing of an Israeli flag during a Jerusalem Day rally in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, June 8, 2018. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
May 16, 2019, 7:33 pm
Armed pro-Iran groups in Iraq reject US claim of threat
Shiite militia leader accuses Washington of ‘trying to create an uproar in Iraq and the regions under any pretext’
By AFP
Members of an Iraqi clan shake hands as they meet inside a straw tent in the town of Mishkhab, south of Najaf on November 15, 2018. (Haidar Hamdani/AFP)
November 18, 2018, 1:26 pm
In Iraq, bloody tribal custom now classed as ‘terrorism’
The practice of ‘warning’ competing tribes via shootings, including in residential areas, threatens to undermine state agencies
By Salam Faraj
In this photo from January 19, 2018, billboards from Hezbollah's committee for the support of the Islamic resistance, that shows a Hezbollah fighter while holding the group's yellow banner and the Lebanon's national flag, are displayed on the Beirut airport highway, in southern Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
October 26, 2018, 11:50 am
US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran’s regional allies
Hezbollah under increased financial strain as Trump puts the squeeze on terror group and its patron in effort to roll back Iranian regional influence
By Bassem Mroue and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
This file photo taken on January 8, 2016 shows Qais Al-Khazali, the head of the Iraqi Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, speaking at a press conference in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (AFP Photo/Haidar Mohammed Ali)
August 30, 2018, 6:43 pm
Decade-old interrogation of Iraqi cleric shows Iran’s part in killing US troops
Recently declassified testimony of Shiite militia leader Qais al-Khazali details Iranian efforts to stoke 2007 attacks that killed or wounded hundreds of Americans
By TOI staff
Akram al-Kaabi, the head of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Akram, prays at the tomb of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniya in Beirut's southern suburb on February 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Anwar Amro)
February 13, 2018, 5:48 pm
Iraqi militia vows to back Hezbollah in war with Israel
Head of Iran-sponsored Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba says his organization will stand in a ‘single front’ with terror group against Jewish state
By AFP
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