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Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi’ite Muslim political and paramilitary groups are escalating a tense political standoff which many Iraqis worry could lead to new...
4 militiamen killed in reprisal attacks in southern Iraq
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFour militants were killed in reprisal attacks between rival Shiite militia groups in southern Iraq,...
American Forces Must Strike Iran to Protect US Troops
Military.com via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe opinions expressed in this op-ed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the...
Can the US prevent a wider war in the Middle East? Right now, it's barely trying
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEbrahim Raisi; Antony Blinken; Benjamin Netanyahu Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images While...
Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance wins more than 100 local council seats
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Parties that make up Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance together took at least 101...
‘This was not a wedding. This was hell': More than 100 dead, 150 hurt in fire at reception
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAt least 100 people are dead and 150 were injured at a wedding reception in northern Iraq Tuesday...
The US and Iran are dangerously close to confrontation in the Middle East. Here’s where they both...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEditor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a...
Saddam Hussein fell. Then violence in Iraq spiralled
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Adel Amer celebrated what he thought marked the end of two decades of war and isolation under...
Iraqis protest over Koran desecration; Iran condemns Sweden
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or...
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...