Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

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

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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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Iraq PMU leaders blame ‘external’ forces for mysterious base explosions

The deputy leader of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi militias said the US bore responsibility for a series of recent explosions at their bases

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