Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
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Jul- 2021 -8 JulyAmericas
Rockets Fired at US Embassy in Iraq After Attacks on Bases
Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday that was marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria.
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Jan- 2020 -30 JanuaryMiddle East
US-led Coalition and Iraq resume operations against ISIS
Iraq and the US-led Coalition will resume joint operations against ISIS, nearly a month after attacks bases hosting American personnel forced a pause in the mission
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26 JanuaryMiddle East
Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid standoff with Iran
Multiple rockets struck the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday amid a wider standoff between the US and Iran-backed militias in Iraq
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7 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran designates US military ‘terrorists’ over Soleimani killing
Iran has designated the U.S. armed forces a terrorist group over the killing of top commander General Qassem Soleimani. Iran’s lawmakers on Tuesday, January 7 unanimously approved the bill to designate the U.S. Army and Department of Defense as terrorist organizations, Tasnim news reported. The bill designates U.S. forces, Pentagon employees, affiliated organizations, and those who ordered Soleimani’s death, AFP reported. Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force – the IRGC’s external operations arm – was killed last week in a U.S. drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport. Killed with him was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the Kataib Hezbollah group and de facto commander of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi militias. In April the Trump administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first such designation of a state’s armed forces. The U.S. designated the Quds Force a foreign terrorist organization a decade ago. Also on Tuesday, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said 13 “revenge” scenarios had been drafted in response to the Soleimani’s killing. Soleimani was to be buried in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday. The general’s killing has sparked a new crisis in the region, with Iran and its surrogate forces vowing revenge on …
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6 JanuaryMiddle East
‘Draft’ letter saying US forces to leave Iraq was sent by ‘mistake,’ Milley says
Troops from US-led Coalition against ISIS are preparing to leave Iraq in the wake of an airstrike that killed an Iranian general and Iraqi militia commander
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5 JanuaryMiddle East
US-led Coalition pauses training of Iraqi forces, ISIS operations over force protection concerns
The US-led Coalition against ISIS paused training of Iraqi forces and operations against the militants due to a barrage of attacks against American bases
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4 JanuaryMiddle East
US designates major Iraqi PMU Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq a terror group
The US designated Iraqi Shiite PMU militia Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq as a terrorist organization, one day after killing a senior Iranian general in Baghdad
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2 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran Quds Force commander Qassam Soleimani killed in US airstrike near Baghdad
Iran Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abul Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport in Iraq
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Dec- 2019 -30 DecemberMiddle East
Iraqi PMU leader vows retaliation for US airstrikes on Kataib Hezbollah
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia official with ties to Iran, vowed retaliation for US airstrikes on Kataib Hezbollah fighters in Iraq and Syria
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Aug- 2019 -26 AugustMiddle East
Iraq investigating strike on Kataib Hezbollah near Syria border
The Iraqi military is investigating an alleged airstrike that killed a Hashd al-Shaabi fighter near a desert border crossing with Syria
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