AP Leading Iraqi Shia figures warned Monday against attempts to pull their country into a war between the U.S. and Iran, saying it would turn Iraq into a battlefield yet again, just as it is on the path to recovery. The warning came hours after a rocket slammed into Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone, landing less than a mile from the sprawling ...

Press TV - The head of a powerful Shia group in Iraq says Shia paramilitaries in the Arab country should have a formal role in securing the border with Syria and defend the Iraqi people against terror outfits, particularly the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. Qais al-Khazali, the leader the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, which is part of the Popular ...

Press TV - A top commander of Iraqs Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) has called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after the elimination of Daesh Takfiri terrorists. "To the US secretary of state, your military forces must prepare now to get out of our homeland Iraq immediately and without delay once the ISIS elimination ...

[caption id="attachment_129247" align="alignright" width="145"] A fighter from the Shi'ite Badr Brigade militia wears a religious flag as he guards a checkpoint recently taken from militants of the Islamic State outside the town of Amerli, in this September 5, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/Files[/caption] (Reuters) - Among the thousands ...