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Taylor Swift terror plot investigators detain third suspect, an Iraqi 18-year-old loyal to ISIS

An 18-year-old Iraqi youth who “pledged allegiance” to the Islamic State terrorist group several days ago has become the third suspect arrested in connection with a thwarted plot to attack a canceled Taylor Swift concert in Austria, authorities said. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Kerner said the individual “came from the social environment” of the 19-year-old […]

U.S. Strikes Iraqi Base Used by Iran-Backed Militia Amid Rising Tensions

U.S. officials said Tuesday that U.S. forces struck a base near Baghdad, Iraq, used by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iranian-backed Shiite militia that has launched numerous terrorist attacks against U.S. troops since the start of the Gaza war. Iraqi Sources Said Four PMF members were killed and four wounded in the attack, which […]

IS militants suspected in 2014 massacre of Iraqi soldiers turned over to Baghdad

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria have handed over to Baghdad two Islamic State militants suspected of involvement in the mass killing of Iraqi soldiers in 2014, war monitors said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report was released a day after Iraq’s National Intelligence Service announced it had brought back three IS members from […]

Iraqi Jihadists Claim Flurry of Ineffective Attacks on Israel

The Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq (IRI) is an umbrella organization of Iranian-backed Shiite militias. terrorist attack US and allied forces in Iraq claimed responsibility for five missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets on Tuesday. Iraq’s Shiite militias have launched hundreds of attacks against U.S. targets since October, including a drone attack that killed […]

GOP lawmakers slam Biden for hosting Iraqi prime minister amid Mideast conflict

A group of Senate and House Republicans express deep concerns about President Biden’s bilateral talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani and oppose talks over Iranian influence in Iraq. are doing. Republican lawmakers also criticized the upcoming meeting, scheduled for April 15, as undermining U.S. support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s […]

Iraqi cop sentenced to death for killing security analyst is acquitted

An Iraqi police officer previously sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent security analyst who criticized a powerful Iranian-backed militia has been released after a retrial, officials announced Monday. Interior Ministry intelligence officials said Ahmed Hamdawi al-Kinani was released after the case was reopened and a court acquitted him. It is not clear […]