Iraqi militias

A view of the destruction in Karezan neighborhood in Erbil, Iraq, where homes are damaged following repeated drone strikes targeting the area over recent weeks
Kurdistan region
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Drones target Erbil as attacks fuel fears of regional spillover

Kurdistan officials have blamed Baghdad for the security breaches, while Iran-backed groups warn against a coercive campaign that could “ignite civil war”

The New Arab Staff
14 August, 2026
Funeral Procession For The Popular Mobilization Forces In Baghdad.
Inside Iraq
Inside Iraq
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Ali al-Zaidi's race to save Iraq from the US-Iran war

Winthrop Rodgers
03 August, 2026
Analysis - Illustration - Iraq corruption
Iraq
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Loot and the law: Can Iraq's anti-corruption crackdown succeed?

Shelly Kittleson
07 July, 2026
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Iraq
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Disarming Iraq's militias: What does success look like?

Zahra Ladha
03 June, 2026
Iraq Popular Mobilisation Forces AFP
Iraq
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Iraq's Asaib Ahl al-Haq announces step to separate from PMF

Zaid Salim
03 June, 2026
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Iraq
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How Iraq emerged as a launchpad for Iran-backed drone attacks

Paul Iddon
28 May, 2026
2 killed after UAV hits residential home in Iraqi capital
Iraq
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Iraq pledges cooperation with Saudi Arabia over drone attack

Sarah Khalil
19 May, 2026
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Iraq
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Iraqi factions mull disarming in bid for government role

Adel Al-Nawab
05 May, 2026
Iraqi Hashd Shaabi Militants In Tehran
Iraq
MENA
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US conditions over armed groups complicates Iraqi govt formation

The New Arab Staff
03 May, 2026
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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Counting the cost of the Iran war in Iraqi Kurdistan

Winthrop Rodgers
08 April, 2026
Security is stationed outside the US Embassy is seen in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on March 17, 2026. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)
Iraq
MENA
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Drone, rocket attacks target US embassy, other sites in Baghdad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 March, 2026
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Iraq
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Will Iraq become a battleground in a prolonged war on Iran?

Montadhar Naser
04 March, 2026
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Iraqi parliament
MENA
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Iraqi parliament delays presidential vote amid Kurdish rift

Dana Taib Menmy
27 January, 2026
Kataeb Hezbollah have agreed to give up their weapons only if foreign forces leave Iraq
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq top judge says armed factions to cooperate on weapons

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 December, 2025
Qais al-Khazali, head of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks during an event commemorating the 21st anniversary of the militia's creation, at a hotel in Baghdad on May 3, 2024. (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)
Qais al-Khazali
MENA
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Iraqi militia leader Qais al-Khazali seeks rebrand as politician

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 November, 2025
Screengrab from X of aftermath of blast at PMF headquarters in Iraq
Iraq
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Iraq explosion kills one PMF member amid Israeli war threats

The New Arab Staff
04 November, 2025
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Iraq
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How the PMF law could shape Iraq's political trajectory

Montadhar Naser
14 August, 2025
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Iraqi militias
Inside Iraq
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Iraqi militias kept quiet in the Israel-Iran war. Will it last?

Giorgio Cafiero
03 July, 2025
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran
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Is Iran shifting support away from its regional proxies?

A correspondent in Iran
07 May, 2025
Ambassador Barbara A. Leaf
Iraq
MENA
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Too early to predict Trump's policy on Iraq: former US diplomat

Dana Taib Menmy
17 April, 2025
The Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades
Iraq
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Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades denies it will disarm

Dana Taib Menmy
09 April, 2025