Iran began bolstering its presence in Iraq after Israel stepped up attacks on Iranian targets in Syria and Syrian President Bashar Assad regained control over most of his country
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Iran-backed PMF militias extend their role in Iraq
Military operations led by Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces in northern Iraq have ended but a new chapter in the history of the umbrella group of militias begins
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Treasury targets IRGC-Qods Force financial conduit in Iraq for trafficking weapons
Treasury is taking action to shut down Iranian weapons smuggling networks that have been used to arm regional proxies of the IRGC Qods Force in Iraq, while personally enriching ...
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U.S. sanctions Iraq-based company that backs Iran’s IRGC
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an Iraqi company and two of its associates, which it said had helped Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds force evade sanctions by ...
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IRGC Naval Force commander defends foreign militias in Iran
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s naval force commander Alireza Tangsiri has defended the deployment of foreign militia in Iran’s flood-hit areas after two weeks of silence in the ...
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Is Iran’s influence in Iraq growing, or has it reached a plateau?
The leader of Iraq’s second largest party, Hadi al-Amiri, called on foreign forces to leave Iraq over the weekend. Slamming US President Donald Trump’s visit...
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