Kataib Hezbollah commander killed in Baghdad in US strike
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a US strike on Wednesday, the US military said. “[US] forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on US service members, killing a Kataib […]
US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq, Syria; nearly 40 reported killed
Washington DC, US/Baghdad, Iraq Reuters The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and militias it backs, reportedly killing nearly 40 people, in retaliation for a deadly attack on US troops. The strikes, which included the use of long-range B-1 bombers flown from the […]
Political showdown: A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
ABBY SEWELL and SALAR SALIM, of Associated Press, report…