Middle East

A US drone struck a truck of an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria on Sunday, destroying the vehicle, two Iraqi militia officials said, according to The Associated Press.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander urged Iraqi Shi’ite militias to step up attacks on U.S.

A delegation from Afghanistan met with Taliban representatives in Tehran on Wed

The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, Reuters reported.

Iran-backed militias launched several rockets near oil fields controlled by US forces in eastern Syria on Monday evening in apparent retaliation for American airstrikes that killed four of their fighters the night prior.

The United States has carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militia on Iraq-Syria border, the Pentagon reported.

Yemen's foreign minister Ahmed Awad BinMubarak has asked the European Union to talk to Iran in order to achieve peace in Yemen.

Iraq has released an Iran-aligned militia commander arrested in May on terrorism-related charges, Reuters reported.

Yemeni Shiite militias of Houthis backed by Iran fired a ballistic missile Saturday on a government-held city of Marib, killing at least 17 people, including a 5-year-old girl, Al-Arabiya news cited an official.

Qasim Muslih, a senior commander of Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi organization has been arrested in Baghdad, Iraq's military sources announced on Wednesday.