These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Popular Mobilisation's fighters played a key role in the war against IS in Iraq The head of an Iran-backed paramilitary force in Iraq has distanced it from a claim by his deputy that the US was responsible for several recent explosions ...
Members of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) paramilitaries march with the group's flags during a parade marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on May 31. (HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP/Getty Images)/ Beirut bureau chief, covering Lebanon, Syria ...
Iraqi Shiite fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force secure the border area with Syria in al-Qaim in Iraq's Anbar province late last year (AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)/ Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi paramilitary units said Wednesday they held the US responsible for a string of mysterious ...
In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 file photo, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ An explosion on 12 August near Baghdad sent rockets shooting though the capital A powerful Iran-backed paramilitary force in Iraq has said it holds the US responsible for a series of blasts at its bases in recent weeks. The deputy head of ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on explosion near Baghdad earlier in the month (all times local): Iran-backed militias in Iraq have said they hold the United States responsible for a series of attacks targeting militia bases across the country. In a statement issued Wednesday, the deputy head of the ...
Explosions rocked once again rocked military positions in Iraq just days after the country imposed new airspace restrictions and Israel hinted it would target Iran there. Iraq's Civil Defense announced Tuesday that firefighters managed to contain a fire that broke out at a site in Balad, a city ...
16PM [Updated: Tue Aug 20, 2019 06:28PM ]/ This black smoke is seen rising in the sky following several blasts at a position of Iraqi pro-government of pro-government Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha'abi, near Balad air base north of Baghdad, Iraq, on ...
06PM [Updated: Thu Aug 22, 2019 06:18PM ]/ Iraq's pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, says it has shot down an unidentified spy drone over capital Baghdad. According to a statement by the PMU, carried by the Arabic-language ...
26PM [Updated: Thu Aug 22, 2019 04:26PM ]/ This file picture shows fighters from the pro-government Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, in an undisclosed location in Iraq. (Phot by the media bureau of Popular Mobilization Units)/ Senior Iraqi ...
15PM [Updated: Wed Aug 21, 2019 04:15PM ]/ In this file picture, fighters from Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, march during a parade marking the annual Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Reuters)/ An Iraqi legislator says ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the strike which killed scores of displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday was a "tragic mishap", amid growing international condemnation of the blast. At least 45 people were killed according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Hundreds more were ...
Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican/ VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media ...
An Egyptian soldier has been killed in an incident involving Egyptian and Israeli troops in the border area near Rafah. The Egyptian and Israeli militaries are investigating what happened. Israeli media say there was an exchange of fire, but there are few other details and no reports of Israeli ...
A Massachusetts man who was left hospitalized with serious injuries after he was in Wyoming is speaking out about the violent encounter. The 35-year-old Army veteran from South Hadley, identified by the as Shayne Patrick Burke, says he’s been shot at, mortared, and experienced explosions from ...
drew ire over Memorial Day weekend with a post about sacrifice on X, formerly Twitter. Former President Donald Trump’s son shared another user’s post which featured a photo of the Trump family and the claim that they’d given up “everything to Save America.”/ The image featured Donald Trump and ...
Johnny Wactor, known for his role on "General Hospital," was killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday, according to a law enforcement source./ "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his ...
The plane was met by emergency services at Dublin Airport on Sunday/ Twelve people have been injured due to turbulence on a flight from Doha to Dublin. The Boeing 787-9 dreamliner experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkey, Dublin Airport's operator DAA said. Upon landing shortly before ...
At least 15 people have died, including two children, in and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power during potentially record-breaking heat. In Texas, multiple tornados were reported throughout the state with one plowing through Cooke County – approximately 50 miles north of ...
Hamas says it fired rockets at central Israel for the first time in 4 months/ Hamas says it has launched a "big" rocket attack at the Tel Aviv area in central Israel. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said, adding that several were ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the ...