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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· 5 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Parties that make up Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance together took at least 101...
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...
‘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...
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...
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoPowerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political...
Iraqis protest over Koran desecration; Iran condemns Sweden
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or...