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The leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia has vowed to retaliate against America for the deaths of four of his men in a US airstrike along the Iraq-Syria border last month, saying it will be a military operation everyone will talk about.…
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US strikes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq killed at least five Iran-backed militia fighters, a war monitor reported on Monday. “At least 5 Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters were killed and several others were wounded in an…
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There was anger in Iraq on Wednesday after a judge ordered the release from custody of an Iran-backed militia leader linked to the assassinations of pro-democracy activists. Qassem Muslah, head of the Hashd Al-Shaabi in Anbar province,…
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The US special envoy for Yemen has lashed out at the Houthi militia, accusing them of failing to try to reach an urgently needed cease-fire in the war-wrecked nation. Tim Lenderking said the Iranian-backed Houthis bear the major…
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The US military commander in the Middle East has issued a new warning over the threat from armed drones launched by Iran-backed militias in Iraq. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said the drones were difficult to detect and destroy, and he…
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a show of force, armed militiamen briefly took over a hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli that serves as headquarters for the interim government, officials said Saturday. Friday’s development came after the three-member presidential…
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The Yemeni Union of Journalists on Sunday demanded the release of 10 journalists held by the Houthi militia in Sanaa. In a statement released on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Monday, the union called for an end to the “war…
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The European Union will target eight Iranian militia and police commanders and three state entities with sanctions next week over a deadly crackdown in November 2019 by Iranian authorities, three diplomats said on Wednesday. The travel…
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It was a stark message: A convoy of masked Shiite militiamen, armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, drove openly through central Baghdad denouncing the US presence in Iraq and threatening to cut off the prime minister’s…
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The Arab Coalition said Sunday that it it had intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by the Houthi militia towards the city of Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia. The coalition said it was taking “all necessary…
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