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These forces included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Basij Resistance Force, and took place in the air, on land, and in the sea. The exercises began in Iran’s western ...

The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen ... Shia-majority Iraq from Syria after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, fueling years of sectarian war.

the state agency IRNA quoted the general as saying in the border town of Abadan, near Iraq ... and Iran engaged in dangerous military confrontations on several occasions. The Basij militia ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought US forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces ...

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iraq ... Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country they say are in solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.

Iraq Wants Iran-Backed Factions to Lay Down Weapons, Foreign Minister Says By Timour Azhari LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U ...