Explainer-Iraq’s competing Shi’ite armed factions and parties
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A visit by the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq,…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A visit by the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq,…
(Reuters) -Kuwait’s interior ministry on Thursday foiled a plan by a militant cell to attack Shi’ite Muslim places of worship, state news agency (KUNA) reported. Security personnel monitored the cell’s…
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -A suicide bombing ripped through a Shi’ite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least seven worshippers, a government official said. “A blast…
(Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Shi’ite mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, according to the Sunni militant group’s Telegram channel. A suicide bombing ripped…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden. The demonstration…