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Protests in Iraq after death of Iran leader Khamenei
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Strikes kills eight Iran-backed fighters, anger mounts in Iraq

Four Iran-backed fighters were killed on Sunday when their base in a central Iraq province was struck, following other strikes in southern Iraq on Saturday

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 March, 2026
Syrians destroy statues and regime symbols in Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, marking the victory of the Syrian revolution.
One Year of a Free Syria
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'It's all over': how Iran abandoned Assad to his fate days before fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2025
Traffic flows past electoral billboards in central Baghdad on October 19, 2025, as Iraq prepares for parliamentary elections on November 11. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iraq faces elections at a delicate moment in the Middle East

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 October, 2025
People lift a poster of slain PMF Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as they attend a military parade during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the defeat of the Islamic State group in Mosul, Iraq, December 10, 2024. (ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty)
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Iraqi govt pulls PMF bill due to internal divisions, US pressure

The New Arab Staff
30 August, 2025
A flag of Zainebiyoun Division is waved during the funeral ceremony of Iranian adviser in Syria, Razi Mousavi at the Imam Hossein Square in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 2023. (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Head of pro-Iran armed faction arrested in Syria: monitor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2025
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Afghan, Pakistani militias move to Iraq after Syria withdrawal

The New Arab Staff
14 February, 2025
A funeral ceremony held in Baghdad, Iraq for Abu Haidar al-Hafaji, a commander of the Iraqi Shia militia group Kata'ib Hezbollah, who was killed in an Israeli attack in Syria on September 22, 2024. Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images
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Iran's weakening 'will not harm Iraq': deputy parliament speaker

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 January, 2025
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Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons: FM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 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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Talks to end US-led coalition in Iraq may take till after US elections

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2024
Hisham al-Hashimi
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Iraq annuls conviction of killer of prominent researcher

Dana Taib Menmy
02 January, 2024
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The long, brutal history of enforced disappearances in Iraq

Paul Iddon
11 April, 2023
Mahsa Amini
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Arab fighters could be working to suppress Iran protests

The New Arab Staff
26 September, 2022
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Iraq elections 2021
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Baghdad Green Zone security tightened ahead of vote protest

The New Arab Staff
20 October, 2021
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The Iraq Report: Assassination of Hisham al-Hashimi sparks outcry

The New Arab
10 July, 2020
Syria Albu Kamal
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IS retakes parts of Albu Kamal in major attack

The New Arab & agencies
09 June, 2018
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Bombing at funeral for Iraqi anti-IS fighters kills dozens

The New Arab & agencies
13 April, 2018
Popular Mobilisation Forces in Tal Afar, west of Mosul
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Iraq's Shia militias formally integrated into state's security apparatus

The New Arab & agencies
09 March, 2018
Syria Albu Kamal
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IS recaptures 'last stronghold' in Syria from regime, Hizballah

The New Arab & agencies
13 November, 2017
Osama al-Nujaifi -Anadolu
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'Shia militias nation's biggest threat,' says Iraqi vice president

The New Arab & agencies
08 November, 2017
Hassan Nasrallah
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Hizballah accuses Iraqi-Kurds of Middle East 'partition'

The New Arab
01 October, 2017