With momentum on its side, Turkey is making a big diplomatic push in Iraq. That puts it on a potential collision course with Iran. The post Iraq Could Be the Next Arena for Turkey and Iran's Rivalry appeared first on World Politics Review.
Falih al Fayyadh, the head of Iraq’s largely pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), traveled to Beirut for the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on February 23. Other senior members of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq also attended the funeral,
The late leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group who was killed in an Israeli airstrike days after he took the post was laid to rest in his southern hometown.
As Beirut prepares for the grand funeral of senior Hezbollah figures Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Seyed Hashem Safi al-Din, several Iraqi provinces are holding symbolic processions and memorial services in honor of the martyred figures.
Flights from Iraq, where Hezbollah has a huge following among Iraqi Shiites, have been full for days on end. According to an Iraqi transportation ministry official, who spoke on condition of ...
Hezbollah buried Hasan Nasrallah in an elaborate funeral in Beirut, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Hezbollah is thought to have lost thousands ... the Iran-led network of paramilitary factions — from Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza — arrayed against the U.S and Israel.