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Members of the Iran-backed Iraqi militias al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah appear in Baghdad on December 4, 2023.

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm to avert Trump wrath

Qais al-Khazali, head of the "Asaib Ahl al-Haq", one of the member factions of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) paramilitaries, speaks during an event commemorating the 21st anniversary of their creation, at a hotel in Baghdad on May 3, 2024.

Israel involved in conspiracy to divide parts of Syria, Iraqi militia leader claims

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

An illustrative image of the Syrian and Iraqi flags.

Iraq and Syrian leaders discuss future cooperation

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Where are the missing Yazidis? Thousands still held captive after ISIS attacks

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

US Congressman Hamadeh: Elizabeth Tsurkov must be freed from Iraq

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF soldiers operate in the northern Gaza Strip, March 31, 2025.

What happened on day 541 of the war?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF operates in Syria, Lebanon, West Bank, and Gaza.

Netanyahu says pressure on Hamas effective, IDF intercepts missile from Yemen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rubble lies at the site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 28, 2025.

Israel at war day 538: What's going on in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Top to Bottom: IDF operates in the area of Rafah, in the area of Balata, in the West Bank (illustration).

Israel at war day 537: What's going on in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region,

After 45 year, will the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Iraq come to an end?

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE

A woman poses next to an Iranian flag and photo of the Persian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, during a protest on the day of the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 17, 2023.

The US must let Iranians choose their own fate, not dictate their future

By AIDIN PANAHI

The Night time Operation of the Paratroopers Brigade in Syria, March 25, 2025.

Israel at war day 535: What happend in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Footage released by Houthi Military Media says to show a launch of missile, which the Houthis say they fired at Israel, at an unknown location in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released on December 19, 2024.

Hamas publishes hostage video, Houthis launch missile from Yemen

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

CENTCOM strikes Houthis in Yemen, 15 March 2025

Israel at war day 530: What's going on in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A PHOTO of displaced Iraqi Jews in 1951. The government hopes to give a voice to the story of the millions of Jewish refugees

The Jews, not Palestinians, were the ones who suffered ethnic cleansing

By LYN JULIUS

A Kurdish oil tanker is seen off the coast of Ashkelon

Iraq, Turkey talk on energy cooperation, oil exports, and trade ties

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

The Kurdish victims from wax show scenes of the 1988 chemical weapons attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja at Halabja Museum, Iraq September 22, 2017. Picture taken September 22, 2017.

Kurdistan region marks 37 years since Halabja massacre

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Members of an Iraqi Shi'ite armed group sit in a vehicle after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024.

Putting ISIS on the ropes: Did the US dent terrorism in Iraq?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN