The US Treasury Department in a statement on Friday said it imposed sanctions on six people affiliated with Kata’ib Hezbollah.
A senior leader of Kataib Hezbollah warned that Blinken, who they referred to as "son of a Jew," was not welcome in Iraq.
Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen have upped their threats against the US and Israel amid the ongoing war.
Iran wants to create instability and a power vacuum in eastern Syria and then to fill the vacuum
Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped six months ago in Baghdad.
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