Shiites
Shiites, Shia
Pro-Iran militias may target foreigners, hotels in Iraqi Kurdistan, warns US
Pro-Iran Shiite fighters from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Hashd Shabi, advance towards the town of Tal Afar, August...
Iraq executes Saadoun al-Qaisi for killing Shiite cleric al-Sadr
Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi, a former senior security official under Saddam Hussein's regime, who was convicted of killing the Iraqi Shiite cleric...
Iraq’s Shiite bloc defies Trump warnings, reaffirms backing for Maliki
The Coordination Framework, an Iraqi Shiite alliance with ties to Iran, in Baghdad on January 31, 2026. Photo: X BAGHDAD,—...
Trump warns US will end Iraq support if Maliki returns
US president Donald Trump, January 20, 2026. Photo: The White House WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to end...
US threatens to withhold Iraq oil revenue over Iran influence
Iraqi oil worker at the Nahr Bin Omar natural gas facility, Basra, Iraq. Photo: AFP WASHINGTON,— The United States has...
Iraq’s main Shiite bloc backs Nouri al-Maliki as next PM
Former Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri al Maliki, December 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Shams TV video/YT BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s main Shiite political alliance has...
Pro-Iran Shiite parties reunite to form majority in Iraq parliament
Iraqi Shiite Coordination Framework leaders, Baghdad, June 2, 2025. Photo: INA/ina.iq Iraq Announces Seat Allocations for Newly Elected Parliament BAGHDAD,—...
Iraq can disarm pro-Iran Shiite militias only after US exit: PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, November 3, 2025. Photo: Iraqi PM's Press Office/via iKurd.net BAGHDAD,— Iraq will be able...
US designates four Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militias as terrorist groups
Members of Iraq’s pro-Iran Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi militias, also known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), carry their flags, Iraq,...
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov released from Shiite militia captivity in Iraq
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in March 2023 by a Shiite Kataib Hezbollah militias in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo:...
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