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US withdrawal from Iraq will be watched closely by Iran-backed militias, Kurds - analysis
Iranian-backed militias and Iran have already targeted the Kurdistan region with more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks since February 2026, and it will be vulnerable if the US withdraws.
Iranian attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan aim to transform Iraq into buffer zone, spread war - analysis
Iraqi militias raise new conditions for disarmament, Iraq takes 'wait-and-see' approach - analysis
Iraq sentences militia member for kidnapping American journalist, in rare move against Iran proxies
Why did Iranian media claim Iran targeted ‘two advanced Israeli centers’ in Erbil - analysis
If Iran can claim it has struck at both it gets to claim it has struck two for the price of one. This doesn’t mean that Iran has actually done what it claims to have done.
Five times Iran used Iraqi militias to conduct drone attacks - analysis
Iran has recently established even closer ties with Iraqi militias and is now using them to attack Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other states.
Iran and its proxies are emboldened by lack of accountability - analysis
Iran has set its sights precisely on countries in which its proxy groups have taken over the government and carried out extrajudicial killings.
Is Iran vs. US shadow war in Iraq and Syria about to explode? - analysis
Now, the shadow conflict that has emerged, stretching from Baghdad to attacks on the US in Tanf garrison in Syria, is growing and risks exploding into the open.
Drone attack on US base foiled, Iraqi security sources say
The words "Soleimani's revenge" were written on the wing of one of the drones, indicating that the attempted attack was connected to the two-year anniversary of the Iranian general's assassination.
Is Iran’s new drone swarm Shahed-136 tech a gamechanger? - analysis
These types of drones fly directly into a target and self-destruct, and Iran seems to have acquired it.
Iran-backed militia behind attack on Iraqi PM - security officials, sources
Iran is unlikely to have sanctioned the attack as Tehran is keen to avoid a spiral of violence on its western border, sources and independent analysts said.
Is Iran behind the drone attack against Iraqi PM? - analysis
The attack on Iraq’s Prime Minister is another step in drone warfare and is a message by pro-Iran groups in Iraq that the prime minister is not safe.
'The Iran touch': Tehran is behind decline in Lebanon, Iraq - Bennett
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Iran is behind the bloody gunbattles in Beirut as well as the rise of the anti-Iran cleric in Iraq's election.
Iraqis vote in general election with a low turnout reflecting the nation's apathy
For the first time since the US invasion in 2003, Iraqis are voting in a general election. Many have pledged to boycott, having lost faith in the democratic system.
