Although he was not named in the Shafaq report, it appears Walai was referring to US Ambassador Steven H. Fagin, who assumed his duties as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Baghdad in May 2025.

The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the Shiite world.

For the first time in three decades, America today enjoys unrivaled hegemony over the Middle East—giving the Trump ...

Rudaw, a media outlet in Erbil, the capital of the KRG, noted that the local authorities believe that the Hashd al-Shaabi or the Popular Mobilization Forces are behind the attacks. This is a group of ...

Members of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada (front), an Iranian proxy group, stand guard as members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (back) in Baghdad on June 22, 2025.

As Iran and Israel trade missiles and threats, one group of usual suspects is sitting this one out: Iraq’s Iran-backed Shiite militias. In his sharp reporting for The Media Line, Hudhaifa Ebrahim lays ...

Hundreds of people took part in a funeral ceremony for three people killed by an Israeli airstrike in Iran. Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, and ...

Hundreds of people took part in a funeral ceremony for three people killed by an Israeli airstrike in Iran. Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, and ...

Hundreds of people took part in a funeral ceremony for three people killed by an Israeli airstrike in Iran. Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, and ...

Members from the Popular Mobilization Forces carrying the coffins of Iraqi commander Haider al-Moussawi from Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada and Hussein Khalil, a former aide to the late Hezbollah ...