Kataib Hezbollah
Iraq PM hosts Iranian-backed militias to push disarmament, consolidate state control
Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi met Iranian-backed militias to push them to disarm and join state command, aiming to limit armed group influence while avoiding conflict.
Iraqi-based Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah offers to ‘buy’ weapons from other militias
Are Iranian-backed militias in Iraq really ready to hand over weapons? - analysis
Iranian regime operative who directed wave of Ashab al-Yamin attacks on Jewish targets indicted
Trump pushes Iraq to release Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov - report
The US urged Iraq to secure the release of Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov, warning of political and economic consequences if she remains captive, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Iraq must return Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tzurkov or else, US hostage envoy warns
"If Elizabeth Tsurkov does not come home NOW, then the Iraqi Prime Minister is either incapable and should be fired or, worse, complicit," Boehler said.
Iraqi militias eager for three-way hostage exchange for Israeli-Russian Elizabeth Tsurkov - report
Elizabeth Tsurkov disappeared in March 2023, with Kataib Hezbollah, an organization closely associated with Iran, being blamed for the kidnapping.
Iraqi FM 'categorically denies' status reports of Israeli-Russian hostage
The Iraqi Foreign Minister said that his country's Prime Minister was "making great efforts to release," Israeli-Russian hostage Tsurkov.
Iraqi FM: Russian-Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov alive, Iraq working on her release
She has been held by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah since March 2023.
Iraq wants Iran-backed factions to lay down weapons, foreign minister says
The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen Iran's armed allies in Gaza and Lebanon heavily degraded and Syria's government overthrown by rebels.
Pro-Iran militias in Iraq may move away from Syria border - analysis
The point of the report is that the Iraqis want to show that the militias who played a role in Syria will now not just be in Iraq, but will be moved away from the border.
How will the fall of Assad impact Iranian-backed militias in Iraq? - analysis
Now that the Assad regime has collapsed, the Iraqi militias face a dilemma.
Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq march to Syria? Orders awaited - analysis
Moving Iraqi militias into Syria would be Iran’s way of both preventing spillover and adding fuel to the fire.
Iranian militias in Iraq could take center stage against Israel - analysis
Other groups, such as Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq, are closely aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and have carried out attacks on US troops in Iraq and Jordan.
