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Syria

A man walks through a heavily damaged hospital in the city of Afrin, Syria, June 13, 2021. (AFP)

Turkey retaliates in northern Syria for Afrin hospital attack

Opinion

A file picture shows Libya’s new Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, speaking during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya. (REUTERS)

No indication of a real solution in Libya soon

Militias

A file picture shows US Army soldiers looking at an F-16 fighter jet at Balad airbase, Iraq. (REUTERS)

Militia rockets target Iraqi bases where Americans are located

Iraqi

Qasim Muslih, a commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), waves after being released in Kerbala, Iraq June 9, 2021. (REUTERS)

In bid to appease tensions, Iraq releases Iran-aligned commander

Iraqi

Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) paramilitary force take part in a military parade in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (AFP)

Iraqi militia urged to reveal whereabouts of hundreds of missing youths

Iraqi

Iraqi soldiers take part in security deployment in Baghdad, Iraq, May 26, 2021. (REUTERS)

Musleh episode shows Iraq’s PMF mightier than the law

Iraqi

Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF, patrol outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Prime Minister’s headquarters is located in Baghdad, May 26, 2021. (AP)

Arrest of pro-Iran militia commander stirs up tensions in Iraq

Iran

Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force speaks in Tehran, Iran February 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

Iran grows new, loyal ‘generation’ from among Iraqi militias

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Libya

Libyan special forces stand guard outside Corinthia Hotel ahead of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s arrival in Tripoli, Libya. (REUTERS)

As they flex muscle, Libyan militias sow doubt about government authority