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Iraq braces for renewed Iran conflict after 1,000 strikes on Kurdistan, 600 militia attacks

Baghdad shut crossings with Iran this week, and the Kurdistan Region denied hosting Ukrainian drones, as Iraq moves to avoid being drawn into another round of fighting.

Iraqi security forces stand at the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after Iraq closed the crossing following airstrikes on the Iranian side that security sources said killed an Iraqi citizen, Iraq, April 4, 2026.
 Iranian drones are displayed during a ceremony of the joining new drones to the Iranian Army's combat organisation in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 13, 2025.

Iran escalates drone attacks targeting Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq

 Protesters who support Yemen's Houthi group brandish weapons and shout slogans as they celebrate the ban decision imposed against the maritime shipping of Saudi Arabia on July 20, 2026 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Saudi Arabia slams Iraq over drone attacks launched by Iran-backed militias

 The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Joint intelligence operation uncovers Israeli agents for Iran, including attempted assassin


From the West Bank to US campuses, Iran's psychological influence is spreading - interview

Aviram Bellaishe, vice president at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, says Israel must work harder to counter Iranian psychological influence attempts

 PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS attend a protest against the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Khan Yunis, in the streets of Jenin.

Israel-Hamas War Day 228: What's happening in Iran, Gaza, Iraq, Syria?

Comptroller reveals IDF purchases don't pass inspection • Biden afffirms Israel not committing genocide • Total of 569 tons of humanitarian aid entered Gaza

 IDF soldiers operate atop a tank near the Gaza border, as seen from Israel, May 21, 2024

Iran plotted to assassinate a Swedish Jewish woman — this is her story

The assassins allegedly came to the country in a migration wave to Sweden in 2015.

 Saskia Pantell, who was the subject of a targeted assassination by Iranian agents.

Iran hangs Swedish-Iranian over attack that killed 25 people - state media

Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death for being "corrupt on earth."

 A flag is waved in front of Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, August 4,2022.

Iran: We can threaten Suez, Hormuz, the strategic waterways of region

The third article in several days by Iranian pro-IRGC media boasts about drone and missile threats to Israel and support for Hezbollah and Palestinian armed groups

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

Iran’s officials fear disturbances in Caucasus and Gulf - analysis

Iran feels pressure intensifying as countries they once felt they could lean on are formalizing diplomatic ties with Israel, as well as ties teetering with their closest neighbors.

 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2022

Iran says it is major defense industry power - is it true? - analysis

While it is true Iran has made impressive advances, Raisi is trying to show that his administration is able to get around the sanctions and improve Iran’s standing.

 A military tank is seen during an Iranian Army exercise dubbed 'Zulfiqar 1400', in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, Iran, in this picture obtained on November 7, 2021.

Iran's view that Rushdie to blame for attack is 'despicable' - US

"We do not consider anyone other than himself and his supporters worthy of ...reproach and condemnation," said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani.

 Author Salman Rushdie gestures during a news conference before the presentation of his latest book 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' at the Niemeyer Center in Aviles, northern Spain, October 7, 2015.

Assassination of IRGC official shows Israel has shifted gears - analysis

A senior member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in his car by two alleged Israeli assassins on a motorcycle. 

 Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

United against the execution of Navid Afkari

Making sense of Iran’s murder of champion wrestler Navid Afkari and its boycott of Israeli athletes

Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari