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Members of an Iraqi Shiite group attend a funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah, who was killed in a US airstrike in Basra province south of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
June 3, 2026, 1:21 am
Powerful Iran-backed militias claim they’ll start handing in weapons to Iraqi authorities
Announcements by Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Imam Ali Brigades come as Iraq’s recently elected PM has made establishment of state monopoly on arms a key focus, facing pressure from US
By Stella Martany
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the US president, and her husband Jared Kushner pose during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025. (Yoan Valat/Pool/AFP)
May 23, 2026, 6:10 pm
Iraqi IRGC operative behind attacks on Jewish targets plotted to kill Ivanka Trump — report
NY Post says Kataeb Hezbollah’s Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, who is being held in US, pledged to assassinate president’s daughter to avenge 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani
By ToI Staff
This photo from a criminal complaint unsealed Friday, May 15, 2026, by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, shows Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, right, with Qassem Soleimani, then-commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force. (US District Court for the Southern District of New York via AP)
May 16, 2026, 6:18 am
Iraqi militia commander charged in US for plotting attacks on Jewish targets for Iran
US prosecutors say Mohammad Al-Saadi, a Kataeb Hezbollah member and IRGC operative, coordinated close to 20 recent attacks in Western countries claimed by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya
By Luke Tress and Agencies
A billboard depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader who was killed on February 28 in an Israeli strike in Tehran, standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading 'A martyr leads the battlefield' is displayed along a road in the Ameriyah neighborhood in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 3:30 am
Saudi warplanes struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during war, sources say
Riyadh said to have targeted sites near the kingdom’s northern border from which drone and missiles were launched at Gulf states; Kuwait also said to have fired on Iraq
By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra Pamuk
US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 30, 2026.(AFP)
April 7, 2026, 10:31 pm
US journalist in Iraq freed one week after she was kidnapped by Kataeb Hezbollah
Freelance reporter Shelly Kittleson had been held in Baghdad, says source, and was ordered to ‘leave the country immediately’ after being released by Iran-backed militia
By AP and Jacob Magid
Shelly Kittleson in Bahgdad, Iraq, December 2024. (Taken from Shelly Kittleson's X account)
April 1, 2026, 12:33 am
American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad; Iraq says manhunt underway, one detained
Footage appears to show freelancer Shelly Kittleson being shoved into car by unknown assailants; US says it ‘fulfilled its duty’ by warning her of threats against her ahead of time
By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid
Abu Ali al-Askari, spokesperson of Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah, speaks during a campaign rally in Baghdad on September 3, 2021. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
March 16, 2026, 11:09 pm
Security commander of Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah said killed in airstrike
Iran-backed group was responsible for kidnapping of Israeli Elizabeth Tsurkov, who says slain commander ‘was personally involved in keeping me captive’
By AFP and ToI Staff
US embassy personnel inspect the damage caused by a bombing in Baghdad, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
March 15, 2026, 6:18 am
US urges citizens to leave Iraq after attack on embassy in Baghdad
Security officials say embassy complex was struck by a drone after strikes killed three members of Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah and reportedly wounded its leader
By Agencies
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2026, 2:46 pm
US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’
State Dept says non-emergency staff and families can leave Israel; Omani FM reportedly to meet with Vance in effort to avert war; US aircraft carrier expected off northern coast, refuelers at airport, F-22s seen moving in south
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center shows what they say is their targeting of CHIOS LION, a Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker, by unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)
January 26, 2026, 5:04 pm
Houthis threaten new Red Sea attacks as US aircraft carrier heads toward Iran
Iran-backed Yemen rebels publish images of ships on fire with warning, ‘Soon;’ Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah calls on all Iran’s supporters to rise to its defense if the US attacks
By AP and ToI Staff
Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of commander Haider al-Moussawi from Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was killed with Hussein Khalil, a former aide to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike inside Iran, June 22, 2025. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
December 21, 2025, 8:29 am
Iraq’s top judge says pro-Iran militias will coordinate with state on gun control
Judge says limits on use of arms to begin when need for fighting ceases, but Kataeb Hezbollah insists it will only discuss giving up weapons when foreign troops leave
By AFP
Israeli-Russian doctoral researcher from Princeton University, Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq, in 2023 and released last September, speaks during an interview in Ramat Gan, Israel, on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 11, 2025, 1:25 pm
Elizabeth Tsurkov recovering from captivity and torture at hands of Iraqi terrorists
Kataeb Hezbollah originally kidnapped the researcher hoping to get ransom for her as a foreigner, she says, but started torturing her when they discovered she was Israeli
By Melanie Lidman
Former Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov is greeted by family and friends at Sheba Medical Center on September 10, 2025. (Yuval Yosef/GPO)
November 5, 2025, 2:45 pm
Freed hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov details torture, sexual assault by Iraqi captors
In NY Times interview, academic says captors ‘used her as a punching bag’ in early months of captivity, says she falsely confessed to being an Israeli spy to halt beatings
By ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 7, 2025, 11:17 pm
Elizabeth Tsurkov recalls her Iraqi captors were ‘overjoyed’ by news of Oct. 7
Iran-aligned terrorists turned up TV volume so she could hear about attack, says researcher, as she wishes that ‘God grant relief to the people of Gaza and the starving, injured and exhausted hostages’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov prior to her captivity in Iraq. (Courtesy)
October 3, 2025, 6:07 pm
‘Finally, blessedly, free’: Elizabeth Tsurkov in 1st statement after release from Iraq
Russian-Israeli academic thanks Trump, US for orchestrating her release earlier this month; says she was freed ‘without anything given in return to the kidnappers, Kataeb Hezbollah’
By ToI Staff
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