It is unclear if the “Bolivarian Militia” would actually pose a threat to US forces—but they might be enough to make the ...

US forces killed at least five Iran-backed militia members in a drone strike after the US "identified an imminent attack" was likely to be launched by militia forces in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Sunday, a US ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. carried out an airstrike in Baghdad on Wednesday targeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq that was blamed for attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, ...

U.S. soldiers battle Shiite militias in Sadr City, Iraq on May 13, 2008. Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images. Historically, Iran has relied on its network of proxy forces in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, ...

The US Secretary of War reportedly called his Iraqi counterpart to issue its "sternest warning yet" to Baghdad. Reports in ...

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Cynthia Miller-Idriss, who runs the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab at American University, about the growth of right-wing militia groups in 2020.

With heavy pressure from two opposing forces, it remains to be seen what Iraq’s response to Rubio’s call for disarmament will ...

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Six men arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot by armed extremists to kidnap Michigan's governor have been arraigned on domestic terrorism and weapons charges, while a ...