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Will Iraq become a battleground in a prolonged war on Iran?

With Iraq's government speaking with one voice and militias answering to another, the country faces the threat of becoming a front line in the war on Iran

Montadhar Naser
04 March, 2026
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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
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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)
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Iraqi militia leader Qais al-Khazali seeks rebrand as politician

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

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

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

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

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

Dana Taib Menmy
09 April, 2025
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a briefing at the US Embassy headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, December 13, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Blinken presses Iraq on Iran-backed groups, seeing Syria window

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 December, 2024
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Iraqi militias head home after Syrian regime collapses

Shelly Kittleson
10 December, 2024
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Iraq army spox threatens 'military intervention in Syria

Al-Araby al-Jadeed
03 December, 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iraq calls for pressure on Israel to halt possible strikes

The New Arab Staff
23 November, 2024
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Israeli strike cuts off Syrian highway linking Damascus and Homs

The New Arab Staff
11 November, 2024
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Iraqi factions bomb Israeli-occupied Golan as Lebanon war rages

The New Arab Staff
27 September, 2024
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Kata'ib Hezbollah threatens US ambassador on Iraq's personal law

Dana Taib Menmy
22 August, 2024
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Five arrested over Iraq airbase attack that wounded US troops

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 August, 2024
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Iraqi militias vow to hit US targets if war widens in Lebanon

Dana Taib Menmy
01 July, 2024
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Basra in shock after 13 Iraqi lives lost in murder-suicide

Dana Taib Menmy
09 May, 2024
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Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah claims will 'arm Jordanian fighters'

Dana Taib Menmy
03 April, 2024