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Iran, weakened by harsh sanctions, is using militias to step up pressure on US

Iran’s Proxies in Iraq Threaten U.S. With More Sophisticated Weapons Iran-backed militias in Iraq are suspected of carrying out recent drone strikes on sensitive American targets in Iraq, evading U.S. defenses. The Ayn al-Asad air base in Iraq was attacked by Iranian missiles in January last year. Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq used armed drones to attack the base again last month.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times June 4, 2021Updated 12:28 p.m. ET BAGHDAD — The United States is grappling with a rapidly evolving threat from Iranian proxies in Iraq after militia for...

The US-led International Coalition forces have announced that they will move into a support and training role in Iraq.

Amid calls by Iraqi political forces for the withdrawal of American troops from the country under a parliamentary decision issued on 5 January 2020, military bases...

The US-led coalition against Daesh terror group said Sunday its mission in Iraq has shifted from direct combat to providing support to the Iraqi army, reports Anadolu Agency. 'The International C...