Iraq and Syria open border crossing closed since 2012
Opening expected to increase trade, but also comes as a boost to Iranian influence in the region, as Iranian-backed Shiite ...
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Iraq: Iranian-backed militia targeted in another airstrike
An Iraqi security official and a militia commander say airstrike on a military base in western Anbar province causes no ...
Reports: Iranian militia near Iraq-Syria border hit in airstrikes
"Unidentified warplanes" strike Shiite militia targets in the Al Bukamal region of eastern Syria early Tuesday morning, Arab media outlets ...
The new enemy just over the Syrian border
Iran originally set up militias in Syria to defend the Assad regime; now, they are functioning as an offensive front ...
Netanyahu hints Israel was involved in strikes on Iranian targets in Iraq
New report shows that recent strike near Baghdad destroyed storehouses of missiles and weapons believed to belong to pro-Iranian militias. ...
Report: US, Russia allowed Israel to attack Iranian missile stocks in Iraq
Israel not commenting on Iraqi allegations that the Tuesday strike that targeted weapons facility belonging to Iranian-backed Shiite militias on ...
6 Iranians killed in Syrian airstrikes attributed to Israel
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that strikes that strikes on facilities belonging to Iran and pro-Iran militias killed Iranians ...