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.

Today, there are somewhere between 70,000 and 120,000 soldiers in Iraq’s Shia militias, sometimes called Popular Mobilization Units or Special Groups.

Shia militias stepped in to fight ISIS when Iraq's army collapsed, but the involvement of some groups accused of sectarian violence has alienated much of the nation's Sunni population.

This isn’t an isolated problem. Since Shia militias recaptured most of Diyala from ISIS in 2015, they have dominated the province, with minimal oversight from the Iraqi state.

Iraq is no different to any other country in the region - anxiously waiting to see what happens next after America's multiple bomb strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Iraq’s Shia militias play a unique part in Iran's Axis of Resistance and present distinct challenges for the US, Israel, and the Iraqi state. Notably, a more direct conflict between the militias and ...

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

Iraq has condemned the United States after U.S. forces carried out a drone strike in central Baghdad on Thursday that killed a high-ranking militia commander. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al ...

Several of the Iran-backed militia groups operating in Iraq are set to demilitarize for the first time to avoid conflict with the US following President Trump's threats to Tehran's proxies, senior ...

Key Background. Kataib Hezbollah is an Iraqi Shia militia linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. It was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department in 2009.

With the Israel-Hamas war, militias in Iraq have increased attacks on US troops and put the Iraqi government in a precarious spot. The conflict between Hamas and Israel is having a major impact on ...