Middle East

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.

Iran and neighboring Iraq have almost reached a historic deal to build a short railway link between the southern port city of Basra and the town of Shalamjah, the office of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s prime minister, tweeted.

The commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force Esmail Qaani reemphasized on the country’s support for Hamas against Israel during a telephone conversation with the head of the militant Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh, Iran’s Al-Alam reported.

Iran has been instrumental in helping Hamas develop weapons that can hit targets deep inside Israel, Western intelligence officials have told the Daily Telegraph.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his country will open a consulate in Aleppo.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has obtained documents that reveal the Islamic Republic leader Ali Khamenei, and various Iranian regime-backed entities, many of whom are sanctioned by the U.S.

The government of Yemen has accused Tehran of fueling the country’s civil war by supplying Houthi militias with weaponry and military support, Arab News reported on Tuesday.

The US Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machine guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, apparently to support the Houthi militias.