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Ẹgbẹ́ Shiites wọ́de l’Abuja, wọ́n jó Àsìá Amẹ́ríkà Egbìnrìn ọ̀tẹ̀, bá a se n pàkan, nìkan ń rúÀwọ́n ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ “Islamic Movement of Naigeria” (IMN) tí gbogbo ènìyàn mọ sí Shi’ites lọ́jọ́ ajé ti ya sí ìgboro lágbègbè ilé ìtajà ...

Iranian news agencies released footage showing the moment of Iranian missile launched on US military facilities near the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Erbil on January 8. The text in Farsi in the top right corner reads “Harsh revenge”. The ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – Russia has offered Iraq their S-400 air defense system to protect their airspace, RIA Novosti reported this week, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.

UPDATE: The Ukrainain side clarified the number of people killed. There were 168 passengers and 9 crew members.

All the sides involved in the January 8 escalation in Iraq provide conflicting reports on the results of the Iranian strike on US military facilities to avenge the United States’ assassination of its senior commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

On January 7th, NATO announced that it was withdrawing a part of its forces from Iraq. A spokesman for the trans-Atlantic military alliance said that “the safety of our personnel is paramount” and that some troops would be moved “both inside and outside of Iraq.”

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said all was well shortly after Iran claimed responsibility for multiple rocket attacks on two military bases housing U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq.

A Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 170 passengers crashed shortly after take-off in Tehran on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Iranian agency Isna.

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, came down hard on soldiers manning Damaturu-Maiduguri road in the state on Monday afternoon. Zulum was on his way to Jakana, a community where Boko Haram insurgents struck on Saturday when he ran into ...

Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s right-hand man is leaving his post amid growing tensions with Iran. NBC News’s Hallie Jackson reported Monday that Eric Chewning resigned as Pentagon chief of staff and will leave the Department of Defense at the end ...