Although Shia versus Sunni violence was the ... The establishment of the joint patrols by Kurdish militias (known as "Peshmerga") and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) achieved in the final days of ...

Shia militias in Iraq have kidnapped and killed scores of Sunni civilians in recent months, a report by campaign group Amnesty International has said. The killings were in apparent revenge for ...

Awsat, Qaani’s mission carried an unambiguous warning from Tehran: should Iraq-based factions act in solidarity with the ...

This comes as both countries are at a crossroads. Syria is trying to unify itself after years of civil war while both ...

The Iraqi government, with the assistance of Shiite ... district and has since been held captive by the Iran-backed Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah. Kataib Hezbollah have not officially claimed ...

An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized ... which is dominated by Iranian-backed Shia militias, said it had cut the road between the IS-held town of Tal Afar, 50km (31 miles) from Mosul ...

As Iraq’s political landscape shifts, particularly with the expected decline of Iran-backed militia influence, the October 2025 elections will be crucial in shaping the country’s future.