Tehran has enjoyed great influence in the Iraqi and Lebanese arenas for decades, where it has managed to form a number of Shiite militias and provide military assistance
Iraq Events
PMF appoints new deputy head as successor to Al-Muhandis
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), known locally as the Hashd Al-Shaabi, has named Abu Fadak Al-Mohammedawi as its new deputy commander following the assassination of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis alongside the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Forces, Major General Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad last month
Countdown to attacks on U.S. forces has begun says Iraqi Nujaba militia
Iraq’s pro-Iranian Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba paramilitary group has threatened the US. In a tweet showing a US armored vehicle at night, the group claimed that “we are closer than you think
Rocket attack strikes near U.S. Embassy in Iraq
A rocket attack struck near the U.S. Embassy in Iraq early Sunday, a U.S. military and Iraqi officials have confirmed
The Iranian regime made an absolute scandal of the 41st anniversary
The Iranian regime made an absolute scandal of the 41st anniversary of the establishment of its religious fascism
Axis of resistance must unite to expel U.S. from the region says Hajizadeh
“We must unite our efforts to remove the U.S. troops from the region and destroy the Zionist entity,” Hajizadeh told Almasirah Media Network in an interview published on Friday
Iranian animation shows killing of Soleimani and their revenge
An Iranian animation video aired by the Fars news agency and titled “harsh revenge” depicts the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent Iranian missile attack on a US airbase in Iraq
Iranian militias fire at Iraqi protesters
Protests in Iraq have been continuing for months now and the people are making it clear to the Iraqi government that they will not tolerate the deplorable conditions that they have been left to deal with and the widespread corruption and interference from abroad
Iran regime controls Iraq’s joints with a huge customer network
Day after day, Iranian plans in the region reveal clearly how the mullahs’ regime managed to control the joints of government in neighboring countries, especially Iraq, with which it shares a 1458 km border line, and shares with it many geographical, social and cultural features
Iranian efforts to get Hezbollah to take a role in Iraq
After the US killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iran has been feeling a vacuum in its “axis of resistance.” Iran now must reach out to Hezbollah to help it shore up its role in Iraq
Tehran-backed Hezbollah steps in to guide Iraqi militias
Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentor’s death
