Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm

Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters.

U.S. Targets Houthi Link to Russia

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Houthi network accused of procuring weapons and goods from Russia amid an ongoing military campaign against the Iranian-backed group's strongholds in Yemen.