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Taliban will offer aid to Tehran if US strikes Iran, group spokesperson confirms

Mujahid clarified that the Taliban would show sympathy and possibly cooperate with Iran if requested, but the group is not committing to joining a retaliatory war against the US.

|ByJAMES GENN
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan November 10, 2021.
People mourn as they attend a funeral for victims following the suicide explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7, 2026.

China denounces deadly Islamabad mosque attack, pledges support to Pakistan

An attacker opened fire at the gates of the mosque before setting off a suicide bomb and killing at least 31 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in Pakistan's capital in more than a decade.

|ByREUTERS
Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gather to protest what they say is U.S. interference in Iraq’s sovereignty near the entrance to the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. embassy and other missions, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 29, 2026.

Kurds in Iraq are powerbrokers in Iraq’s politics, but do they benefit? - analysis

Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new president and prime minister.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Adnan Faihan, nominated by the Coordination Framework for the position of first deputy speaker, speaks to the media on the day of the first session of the newly elected parliament, where members are set to be sworn in and begin the process of electing a speaker and two deputies, in Baghdad, Iraq Dec

Haibat al-Halbousi elected Iraq’s parliament speaker as new legislature convenes

Iraq continues to face challenges as it navigates between the Iranian influence on the country and a push by the US and others to roll back Iranian-backed militias.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraq: Political impasse ends with new PM, but Shiite infighting is far from over

In a peaceful session, the members of the Iraqi parliament, the Council of Representatives, appointed Abdul Latif Rashid as the new president, who in turn tapped al-Sudani as prime minister. 

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByHUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Shi'ite fighters from Saraya al-Salam, who are loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, gather in the holy city of Najaf before heading to the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit

Rockets hit central Baghdad for second day in escalating unrest

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes and no claim of responsibility, two police officers said.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByREUTERS
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr protest at the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq

Iran closes its borders with Iraq, halts flights amid violence - State TV

Millions of Iranians travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala every year for the ritual of Arbaeen, which marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, Imam Hussein.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByREUTERS
An aerial view shows Mandali border crossing between Iraq and Iran, in Mandali, Iraq July 11, 2020

Rockets land in Baghdad's Green Zone after day of clashes - army

Streets were mostly empty of ordinary people as gunmen cruised in pickup trucks carrying machine guns and brandishing grenade launchers.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByREUTERS
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr protest inside the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq August 29, 2022.

Iraq's Sadr remains a force to be reckoned with - opinion

Sixty protesters were injured in clashes with security forces. Three days earlier a mass protest outside parliament by Sadr supporters ended only after Sadr tweeted a request to them to disperse.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByNEVILLE TELLER
SUPPORTERS OF Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold up a banner depicting former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, during a protest against corruption, inside the Parliament in Baghdad, on July 30.

Iran court issues death sentence against man who killed two clerics

Officials said the attacker was a 21-year-old ethnic Uzbek from Afghanistan with radical Sunni views.

JUNE 7, 2022ByREUTERS
Shiite clerics walk inside the shrine of Imam Ali ,on the first time of religious school called (al-Hawza al-Ilmiyyah) reopening since the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, ,in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq November 10, 2021.

Iraq to delay selection of a new president, lawmakers say

Iraq is delaying the presidential race due to many lawmakers boycotting the vote, prolonging a battle over the presidency and a new government being fought largely between Sadr and the pro-Iran camp.

FEBRUARY 6, 2022ByREUTERS
Hassan Al-Adari, head of the political body of the Sadrist bloc, meets with Hoshyar Zebari, head of the Kurdish delegation, for negotiations on forming the new government after the parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, November 5, 2021.

Iran wants Taliban to embrace 'diversity' of Afghanistan

When it comes Afghanistan, Iran's policy is complex.

AUGUST 18, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Tehran last week.

IDF identifies Hezbollah militant who fired on Israel

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah condemned the Druze who stopped and filmed the operatives loading rockets towards Israel.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF (Israel Defense Force) Artillery Corps seen firing into Lebanon, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, on August 6, 2021.

Could Iran use Shi’ite centers in France to spread terror? - report

The report states that the axis aims to develop "an active civilian and military integrated infrastructure," as a possible terror base on European soil

JUNE 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower