It is the Iranian-controlled Iraqi militias (Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF or PMU) that may be the most difficult Iranian proxy to degrade.

Iraq's balancing act has been tested by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country they say are in solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.

Iraq Wants Iran-Backed Factions to Lay Down Weapons, Foreign Minister Says By Timour Azhari LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U ...

Sudani visited Tehran earlier this month. Iran halted gas exports to Iraq in November, saying it needed to carry out maintenance and repairs. The stoppage was supposed to last 15 days. Resumption ...

Speaking in a meeting with Commander of the Border Forces of Iraq Lieutenant General Mohammed Abdul Wahab Sekr on Tuesday, Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi said that the border guards of Iran and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official ...

Baghdad is attempting to pursuade strong Iran-backed armed factions in Iraq to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said. These Iran-backed groups ...

Iraq has been transferring up to 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) of straight-run high sulfur heavy fuel oil (HSFO) to traders nominated by Iran, two senior Iraqi Oil Ministry officials familiar with the ...

The Iranian Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Hussein Simayi Sarraf, has reportedly expressed Iran's readiness to collaborate with Iraq in establishing joint science and technology parks, ...

Although Iran is currently likened to an octopus with its arms cut off, Tehran will definitely re-evaluate its defense doctrine, which is essentially based on its Axis of Resistance. The Houthis in ...