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Funeral held in Basra for Kata'ib Hezbollah member
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Gulf states weigh UN complaint against Iraq over militia attacks

Several countries could file a complaint with the Security Council against Iraq over attacks carried out by Iran-backed groups during the Middle East war.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 April, 2026
People attend the funeral ceremony of Hashd al Shaabi members killed in a US and Israeli airstrike on a base in Iraq Anbar province, at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq on April 1, 2026.
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Iraqi armed factions launch recruitment drive amid Iran war

The New Arab Staff
01 April, 2026
A medical staffer works inside the emergency department of Al-Rabeein Hospital in Mosul, following a strike that targeted a police checkpoint, resulting in the death of two policemen and wounding others on March 28, 2026.
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Strike kills three fighters in northern Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2026
Funeral held in Najaf, Iraq for PMF members killed in US air strike
Iraq
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'A heinous crime': Strikes kill seven fighters in Iraq's Anbar

The New Arab Staff
25 March, 2026
Funeral held in Najaf, Iraq for PMF members killed in US air strike
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Fresh strike on base in western Iraq kills seven

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 March, 2026
Leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais Khazali speaks to the press after casting his vote at a polling station during the early general elections in Baghdad, Iraq on 10 October 2021. [Getty]
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Iraqi militia chief rejects disarmament under govt', US pressure

Dana Taib Menmy
04 March, 2025
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Could Iraq become a new front in Israel's regional war?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
15 October, 2024
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Iraq
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Hashd Shaabi base explosion caused by stored munitions: Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 April, 2024
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Who was Abu Taqwa, the Iraq militia head assassinated by US?

The New Arab Staff
05 January, 2024
Gaza War
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'US drone strike' in Baghdad kills Iran-linked PMF commander

The New Arab Staff
04 January, 2024
Iraq
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One dead, 24 wounded in US strikes on pro-Iran sites in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 December, 2023
Popular Mobilisation Forces
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Iraqi PMF militias use earthquake aid to expand in Syria

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)
08 March, 2023
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The Iraq Report: Missing Sunnis an admission of 'war crimes'

Tallha Abdulrazaq
05 January, 2023
Iraq
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Iraq: Explosion rocks militia's weapons depot near Baghdad

The New Arab Staff
06 September, 2022
Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces members.
Iraq
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Explosions hit two Iraqi militia sites near Baghdad

The New Arab Staff
12 August, 2022
Iraq
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Controversial Pro-Putin poster removed in Baghdad

Dana Taib Menmy
04 March, 2022
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Senior police officer killed in southern Iraq

The New Arab Staff
03 February, 2022
Iraq
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Drone crashes near Baghdad intelligence HQ: report

The New Arab Staff
23 December, 2021
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Analysis
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Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga face a deadly IS resurgence

Dana Taib Menmy
23 December, 2021
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Iraq
Iraq Report
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The Iraq Report: Why US troop 'withdrawal' is just a rebrand

The New Arab
16 December, 2021
Members of Iraq's PMF march in a symbolic funerary parade in Baghdad on 29 June, 2021, in remembrance of those killed in a recent US raid. [Getty]
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'Fraud' case in Iraqi court against election results adjourned

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 December, 2021