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An Iranian drone and missile are displayed during an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025

High stakes game: Is Iran sending missiles to militias in Iraq?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

(Illustrative) US President Donald Trump over a backdrop of weapons.

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

Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran gather to protest against executions, in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2024

Iran responsible for majority of executions as 2024 marks deadliest year since 2015

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces offer condolences over the deaths of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and others, outside the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on May 20, 2024.

Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq disarm over fear of Trump?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By REUTERS

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