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At least four million people Friday demanded the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq with a march in Baghdad, which was convened by Iraqi resistance and cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr three weeks after the murder of Iraq’s PMF commander, Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes. At the country’s capital, streets were filled with an …

President Donald Trump had better voluntarily ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq before they are forced out, says a high-ranking official from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), better known by the word Hashed al-Sha’abi. “Today all Iraqis, men, and women have poured out onto the streets to …

According to Iraq’s local media, people from “all of the Iraqi provinces” have gathered in the ongoing rally to condemn the Americans’ illegal presence in the country, after the US assassinated Iraqi PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad earlier this month. The protesters are carrying banners and chanting slogans …

Millions of Iraqis are expected to take part in a mass rally against the US military presence in their homeland on Friday amid a fresh wave of public anger triggered by a recent meeting between President Barham Salih and his American counterpart, Donald Trump. Last week, influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada …

“Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces), the army, the police, and border guards started Mantaqat al-Forat al-Awsat operations in 8 directions on Wednesday morning to establish security in Jazirat al-Najaf and Sahra al-Karbala regions,” General Ali al-Hamdani, a commander of Hashd al-Shaabi participating in the operations, was quoted by the …

“We will witness the end of the US forces’ presence in Iraq in the current year,” Ali al-Qanemi, a senior member of the Iraqi parliament’s security and defense committee, told the Baghdad al-Youm news website on Tuesday. He added that the parliament’s decision to expel the US forces is binding …

Israel has launched several airstrikes on eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing at least eight fighters of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a key player in the fight against Daesh and other terrorist groups in the region. The air raids struck trucks and weapons depots in Albu Kamal in …

A senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) says it is time for an Iraqi response to the recent US assassination operation on the Arab country’s soil, and that the reaction will be “no less than in size” than Tehran’s missile strikes on two American bases in Iraq. Qais …

Iran’s top security official says Tehran is considering 13 revenge scenarios against the US for the targeted killing of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. “Even the weakest of the 13 revenge scenarios will be a historic nightmare for America,” said Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), …

A stampede has erupted during the funeral procession for Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in his hometown Kerman, leaving an unspecified number of casualties. Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services, confirmed that at least 35 of mourners have lost their lives while several others have been transferred …

Germany says it is reducing its military presence in Iraq, in the latest fallout from the United States’ assassination of Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. The German government told parliament in a letter on Monday that about 30 soldiers stationed in Baghdad and Taji would be moved to Jordan …

A spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces announced on Sunday that an operational mechanism to expel US troops from Iraq’s territory kicked off. Iraqi media quoted Abdul Kareem Khalaf as saying the necessary mechanism had begun for driving out all foreign forces, including US troops from Iraq’s territory. Some media …

An explosion has rocked Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located. Some reports indicate that a rocket was fired, targeting the area. An unguided (‘Katyusha’) rocket landed inside the Green Zone, Reuters said, citing police sources. There have been no reported casualties so far. Some accounts …

Iran reserves the right to avenge the US’ killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, with dozens of potential targets already on the list, a senior commander within the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says. “Vital American targets in the region have been identified by Iran a long time ago,” …

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned the US assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, calling them the “heroes of the fight against Daesh” terrorist group. In a message delivered by his representative during a sermon in the holy city of Karbala on …

Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), have been killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that …

PMF (Hashed al-Sha’abi) leaders have ordered their supporters to leave the heavily fortified US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, as American troops reinforced the besieged facility. footage (from Ruptly) showed protesters with Hezbollah flags withdrawing en masse in their vehicles. It was not immediately clear from the video how many …

Footage has emerged showing US military aircraft dropping off as many as 100 marines to the American Embassy compound in Baghdad amid angry protests outside the diplomatic mission against the recent bloody air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s popular forces. The video released by the US Department of …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned the deadly American air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, saying Washington is, in fact, taking revenge on the popular forces because of the key role they played in defeating the Daesh terror group. “You are …

US Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert for its citizens in Iraq, asking them to avoid approaching the embassy where Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) supporters are gathering. The alert comes hours after hundreds of pro-Iran Hashd al-Shaabi members and supporters attempted to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone, …