Huge Blast Rocks Iraq Base Used By Iran-Linked Militias Reuters is reporting a "massive" blast at an Iraqi base used by Iran-linked militias south of Baghdad in the overnight hours (local).  "A huge blast rocked a military base used by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the

Biden Pulls A Trump: Targeted Drone Assassination Kills Iran-Backed Militia Leaders In Baghdad Did President Biden just pull a Trump? It appears so. There's been an assassination by drone strike of a high-ranking member of the Iran-linked militant group Kataib Hezbollah in Baghdad

US Launches Airstrikes On Eastern Syria & Iraq, Significant Casualties Reported Update(1640ET): It's currently just after 11:30pm in the Middle East, and weather is clear. The Biden administration has begun its retaliatory strikes:  FIRST US MILITARY RETALIATORY STRIKES

Ballistic Missiles May Have Been Used In Huge Strike On US Base In Iraq Update(1355ET): Details have continued trickling out and are scant, but by all accounts the Saturday attack on Al-Asad airbase in Western Iraq, which houses US forces, was a big one. Reuters cites an official who

US Destroys 3 Militant Bases In Iraq After Multiple Americans Wounded In Christmas Day Attacks The US has retaliated after at least three troops were wounded, with at least one critical, amid the recent stepped up spate of attacks by 'Iran-backed' militias in Iraq and Syria. There