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Kataib Hezbollah calls on supporters to prepare for conflict with Israel

The statement is the latest example of how Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are continuing to threaten Israel, the US, and the region.

Reported footage of Iranian security forces suppressing the Iranian protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (C) inspects a guard of honour during the Army Day celebrations, marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of Iraqi army, at Military College in Baghdad on January 6, 2026.

US urges Iraq to limit Iranian influence as new government forms

Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces stand guard at a military base near the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq on January 23, 2026.

Baghdad has no reason to send forces to Iran amid protests, Iraqi scholar tells 'Post'

Fighters from the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, are pictured near the border with Iran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, in the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, June 21, 2025.

Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq, sources say


Iran's Revolutionary Guards honor Jewish soldiers who died in Iran-Iraq War

From among the Iranian Jews who fought during that war as conscripted soldiers, about 15 were killed.

Unveiling ceremony for memorial to Iranian Jews killed in Iran-Iraq war‏.

How will Iraq interpret third explosion at base of Iran-backed militias?

The explosions, if seen as merely a public safety issue, can encourage the government to secure the bases and munitions used by the PMF.

An Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMU) member rides on the back of a pickup truck past a Shi’ite mural in Baghdad, Iraq

Iran denies reports of its forces being killed in air strike in Iraq

Al-Arabiya reported that Iranian-made ballistic missiles were recently transported to the base where the strike was made via trucks used to transport refrigerated food.

Popular Mobilization Forces with Iranian advisors during Hawija offensive in 2017

Iraq between the devil and the deep blue sea

Troubling as this issue is, it is Iraq’s relations with its geographical neighbors that find the state balancing on a political tightrope.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference  at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

Iraqi militias bombed by unmanned aircraft, one killed - security sources

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Iraqi security forces gather at a checkpoint as cars cross into the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. denies reports of secret meetings between U.S., Iran officials

The Iranian delegation included two officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iraj Masjedi, Iran's special envoy to Iraq.

IRAN AND Iraqi flags held aloft by a woman.

Iraqi army aims to integrate Iranian-backed militias

Under US pressure, Baghdad seeks control over powerful force in country

Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

Iraqi president: we cannot afford another conflict, enough is enough

"We do not want our territory to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of our neighbors, including Iran."

IRAQ’S PRESIDENT Barham Salih addresses a recent forum in Baghdad.

German FM in Baghdad to de-escalate U.S.-Iran tensions, save Iran deal

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Maas speaks at the Foreign Ministry in Iraq Dec. 17, 2018

Trade ties in focus as Iran's Rouhani begins Iraq visit

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018