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US completes Iraq withdrawal after 12-year ISIS mission as Iran-backed militias remain armed

Pentagon says last US troops and equipment have left northern Iraq, ending coalition mission launched in 2014; Baghdad hails sovereignty milestone as militia disarmament is delayed to June 2027 and Kurds fear loss of US air defenses

News agencies, Lior Ben Ari | 09.30.26

‘It’s still an American occupation’: Iran-backed militias resist Iraq’s disarmament push

PM Ali al-Zaidi has pushed the process to June 2027 after the September deadline slipped; hard-line factions refuse to surrender their weapons, demand sweeping concessions and are seeking even more time as Baghdad faces growing US pressure

Lior Ben Ari | 09.23.26

נג'ף עיראק עיראק אל-חשד א-שעבי PMF מיליציות שיעיות הגיוס העממי

Iraq PM gives Iran-backed militias until June 2027 to disarm and disband

Ali al-Zaidi tells New York Times militias would first observe a 90-day truce before surrendering weapons, with fighters absorbed individually into state forces and groups that remain armed after the deadline declared outlaws

ynet Global | 09.22.26

Iran’s hidden war room in Iraq: how Houthis and militias are building a new launchpad against Israel

From a fortified enclave in Babil, Yemeni drone experts and Iraqi factions are merging under Iranian direction — shortening the flight path to Israeli cities and rewriting the threat map

Amine Ayoub | 08.04.26

מפגינים חות'ים בצנעא, בירת תימן, בתמיכה באיראן ובחיזבאללה

Iran mobilizes proxies to make Trump’s war costly without triggering direct escalation

Iranian officials say the Quds Force coordinated Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iraqi militias to disrupt shipping, lift oil prices and pressure Washington while avoiding a direct clash

ynet | 08.01.26

Iranian strike hits Chinese company in Kuwait, killing worker

Attack severely damages building hours after Jordan intercepts five Iranian missiles and US strikes dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets; drone incidents in Egypt and Saudi Arabia deepen fears of renewed all-out war

AP | 07.30.26

ארונות של אנשים מ ארגון אל-חַשְׁד א-שַּׁעְבִּי פרו איראנים הלוויה ב בגדד עיראק

Report: about 20 Iranian advisers killed in US-Saudi strikes in Iraq

US official says Revolutionary Guards personnel and technical advisers were deliberately targeted alongside militia missile and drone capabilities

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.29.26

סרטון של שיגור הכטב"מים לאילת על ידי ההתנגדות האסלאמית בעיראק

Saudi Arabia intercepts drones targeting oil facilities, blames Iran-backed Iraqi militias

Saudi Arabia says it intercepted drones targeting oil facilities in Riyadh and the Eastern Province; Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on crude transport infrastructure, while the kingdom warned it reserves the right to retaliate

Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies | 07.27.26

עיירה טזה ליד כירכוכ עיראק אל-חשד א-שעבי PMF מיליציות שיעיות הגיוס העממי

Iraq moves to rein in Iran-backed militias as coalition exits

Baghdad gives armed groups until Sept. 30 to hand weapons to the state, a move welcomed by Washington and closely watched by Tehran

Lior Ben Ari | 07.08.26

שלי קיטלסון, העיתונאית האמריקנית שנחטפה בבגדד

Kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson freed in Iraq, Rubio says

US Secretary of state says Kittleson has been released about a week after she was abducted in Baghdad, as US officials work to secure her departure from Iraq

Lior Ben Ari, Reuters | 04.08.26

The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance in Iraq militia

‘Not our war’: Iran-backed militias in Iraq stay on the sidelines amid Israel war

Despite long-standing ties to Iran, Shiite militias in Iraq are holding fire, wary of domestic backlash and reluctant to risk retaliation by Israel or the US

Hudhaifa Ebrahim/The Media Line | 06.24.25

כטב"ם ישראלי שדווח כי נפל במחוז מייסאן שבדרום עיראק

Across Middle East, nations struggle to stay neutral as Iran-Israel conflict escalates

From Iraq to Jordan, regional powers are striving to avoid direct involvement in the growing confrontation between Iran and Israel, even as missiles and drones traverse their skies and debris lands on civilian areas

Lior Ben Ari | 06.16.25

Iran-backed militias in crisis as Middle East alliances unravel

Tehran faces mounting challenges as its proxy strategies collapse, domestic discontent rises, and new regional alliances threaten its influence

Giorgia Valente / The Media Line | 01.27.25

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq agree to stop attacking Israel, a senior official explains why

Iraq's pro-Iranian militia Al-Nujaba Movement has reached an agreement with the Iraqi prime minister to halt military operations against Israel, according to a report in Lebanon; 'The resistance will stop operations in support of Gaza and will not interfere in political changes in Syria' a senior militia official explained.

Lior Ben Ari | 12.23.24

IDF warns Iran against weapons smuggling into Syria amid rebel fighting

Military spokesperson Hagari says IDF will 'act to prevent smuggling of weapons to Lebanon and Hezbollah through Syria' as Tehran sends reinforcements to aid flagging Assad regime

Lior Ben Ari | 12.02.24