As the U.S. struck Iran, the prospect for retaliation was running high in neighboring Iraq, where American and Iranian ...

Further, the home-based Iraqi Shia militias are already on record as saying they will attack bases and personnel if the United States were to join in Israel's war with Iran, which has now happened ...

Although he was not named in the Shafaq report, it appears Walai was referring to US Ambassador Steven H. Fagin, who assumed his duties as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Baghdad in May 2025.

There are at least 2,500 American personnel stationed in Iraq, and the US has major interests here, as it does across the Middle East and Gulf states.

Muqtada al-Sadr reiterated his bloc will boycott Iraq’s Nov. 2025 elections unless militias are dismantled and power returned ...

A leaked video showing the confession of the man accused of killing prominent Iraqi researcher Hisham al-Hashimi has ...

After decades of using proxies to attack U.S. troops, experts say Iran's network has been degraded, but small groups still ...

The logo of Kataib Imam Ali. The US Treasury Department added Kataib Imam Ali (the “Imam Ali Brigades”) to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on June 12, 2025. Kataib Imam Ali is one ...

Since Saddam’s downfall, Iran has helped empowering Iraqi Shias. So why their leaders are not backing it in conflict with ...

Suspected Iran-backed militias targeted bases in Iraq that are known to have housed US troops and contractors as the ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect. The Trump administration did not ...