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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 616

Iraqi militias

Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah terror militia who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
April 7, 2025, 12:45 pm
Iran-backed Iraqi militias consider disarming amid threats from Trump administration
Iraqi politician: Talks ‘very advanced’; IRGC-linked factions may lay down arms to prevent targeting by US airstrikes, say Iran told them to take whatever decision they deem necessary
By Reuters
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
December 23, 2024, 3:11 pm
Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel
Source tells Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar outlet that agreement was made with Baghdad government to end assaults due to volatile situation in region, uncertainty over Trump policies
By ToI Staff
View of the Jordanian city of Aqaba, as seen from the Israeli city of Eilat. November 10, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 18, 2024, 2:08 pm
Malfunctioning IDF interceptor missile fired at drone appears to crash in Jordan’s Aqaba
Video footage shows errant projectile impacting near luxury development, just a few hundred meters from the border; kingdom’s military says no injuries or damage caused in crash
By ToI Staff
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah terror militia who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
November 1, 2024, 9:52 am
Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel
Tehran said to have denied Baghdad’s requests to have pro-Iran militias in Iraq discontinue strikes on Israel and US forces in region
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
October 3, 2024, 8:06 am
After Iran’s attack and as Israel engages Hezbollah, will proxies in Iraq step up fire?
Relatively quiet until now compared to other terror militias backed by the Islamic Republic, Shia-allied Iraqi groups are increasingly firing on the Jewish state with mixed success
By Alexander Schloss
Israeli soldiers work on tanks in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, October 1, 2024. (AP/Baz Ratner)
October 1, 2024, 3:03 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 1: Day 361 – IDF ground forces enter Lebanon. What now?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on military strategy as the war enters a new phase and on the power vacuum left in Lebanon — and how it should be filled
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People watch as smoke rises at the site of a rocket strike from Lebanon on the Golan Heights on May 17, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 30, 2024, 3:19 pm
Cruise missile, apparently fired from Iraq, shot down over northern Israel – IDF
Military says projectile intercepted in southern Golan Heights; no injuries or damage; in separate incident, air defenses mistakenly down Israeli drone
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Demonstrators wave Iran's flag and Palestinian flags as they gather at Palestine Square in Tehran on April 14, 2024, after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
April 14, 2024, 9:05 pm
Iran hails proxies for joining attack on Israel; IDF strikes Hezbollah in response
Lebanese terror group, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Iraqi militias fire projectiles at Jewish state in tandem with launch of missiles and drones from Iranian soil
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 9, 2024, 6:00 pm
US lawmakers press White House to secure release of Israeli researcher kidnapped in Iraq
House Democrats urge Biden in letter to ramp up negotiations for Elizabeth Tsurkov’s release ahead of Iraqi PM’s visit to Washington, deny rumors Tsurkov worked as ‘Western spy’
By ToI Staff
A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. The damage caused by the drone strike can be seen in the center-left of the photo. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
February 1, 2024, 9:13 am
US blames Iran proxies for deadly Jordan strike, weighs response
Since beginning of Israel-Hamas war, 166 attacks undertaken by Iranian-backed militias against American targets in the region
By AP and ToI Staff
Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadam, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, July 5, 2021, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
July 6, 2021, 12:44 pm
Iraqi militia chief boasts: Election of Raisi will boost Iran’s regional proxies
Commander of Iranian-backed Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada vows to retaliate against US over strikes that killed 4 of his fighters; drone shot down near US Embassy in Baghdad
By Agencies
An impact crater in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarized zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province (south of the capital) controlled by Hezbollah Biridages, a hardline faction of the Popular Mobilization Forces paramilitaries, March 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
September 9, 2020, 7:46 am
Iraq reforms stymied by shadowy Iran-backed groups’ wave of attacks
PM’s bid to rein in rogue militias in effort to fight corruption and carry out restructuring has been met with increased instability and violence
By Ammar Karim
Soldiers from Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service listen to an address by a commander after a training exercise in Baghdad, Iraq, August 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
June 26, 2020, 4:26 am
Iraqi forces arrest 13 pro-Iran fighters for attacks on US forces, officials say
In first raid of its kind, Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service detains members of Iran-affiliated Kataeb Hezbollah militia force in Baghdad
By AFP
Illustrative: The US Army test fires a Patriot missile, March 27, 2019. (US Army/Jason Cutshaw)
April 11, 2020, 2:12 am
US moves missile defense systems to Iraq after attacks by Iran-backed insurgents
Patriot batteries, other armaments to protect American troops at key bases; State Department offers $10 million for info on Hezbollah leader coordinating Iraqi militias
By Agencies
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
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