Iran has the Western theaters that is more so focused on - in Iraq and Syria, as we've touched on in Lebanon. And so I don't believe that they would want to push for another front with Afghanistan.

The Iraq-Syria border is 600 km. long, and most of it consists of desert that is hard to secure and police. The main crossing for extremists who have flooded into Iraq in the past has been from ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome black horse in a sand riding ring with a few thick palm trees. He is alone, wearing a trim leather jacket, as the high-stepping horse circles within the ring.

Up to 900 U.S. troops remain in Syria and roughly 2,500 in Iraq, officially tasked with ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS, which continues to pose a threat to the region and abroad, and the White ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria in retaliation for drone attacks, the Pentagon announced Sunday evening. The strikes targeted sites ...

Iran Bombs Iraq and Syria as Tension Grows Across Middle East. Headline Jan 16, 2024. Link copied. In Iraq, at least four people were killed earlier today when Iran bombed what it described as an ...

H E WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of Hizbullah, is still plastered on posters all over Baghdad, Iraq’s capital. Alongside them are images of other Shia militia leaders from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon. They have one thing in common: their outfits are backed by Iran.

Throughout his administration, President Joe Biden has also ordered several rounds of airstrikes against Iran-backed groups participating in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq operating on behalf of ...

The U.S. has conducted a series of retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militants in Iraq and Syria. Our correspondent in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has the latest.