A woman passes by Iraqi security forces while they remove cement blocks and open the streets, that were closed for security concerns, around the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Iran-backed militiamen have withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of ...
The Pentagon issued a stern warning against future attacks on US diplomatic outposts in Iraq, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, telling reporters on Thursday that "anyone who attempts to overrun" the US Embassy in Baghdad "will run into a buzzsaw."/ In response to ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Protests outside the US embassy in Baghdad continued on Wednesday Protesters who have been demonstrating outside the US embassy in Iraq for a second day have withdrawn from the area ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Fires were set next to the walls of the embassy compound by angry demonstrators US President Donald Trump has issued a threat to Iran, after blaming the nation for an attack on the US ...
backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after two days of protests against deadly U.S. airstrikes./ BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran ...
Syrian military and security forces in Suweida. Photo: 15 July 2025/ The Syrian presidency says it will deploy a new force to halt the deadly sectarian clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the south of the country. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's office urged "all parties to ...
Dozens of bodies recovered from homes and streets in Suweida city were brought to a local hospital on Thursday/ The UN human rights chief says his office has received credible reports indicating widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and arbitrary killings, during the ...
A medic and other men walk past the bodies of those killed in the fighting at a hospital in Suweida city/ Over the last five days, Rima says she has witnessed "barbaric" scenes. The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her ...
The fighting was sparked by a dispute between the Bedouin and Druze communities/ A monitoring group says 594 people have been killed during the recent violence in southern Syria that took on a sectarian dimension. The UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) documented a significant ...
Several people were injured, including the parish priest, and three killed after an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Church/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country "deeply regrets that a stray ammunition" hit Gaza's only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering ...
Father Gabriele Romanelli was among those who needed medical treatment/ Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for a Gaza ceasefire after three people sheltering in the Catholic church in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli strike. A telegram said the Pope was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of ...
A fire that tore through a five-storey shopping centre in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 61 dead, local officials said. The blaze at the mall, which opened seven days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control. Videos posted on social media showed ...
BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus, Syria showing the damaged Ministry of Defence headquarters following airstrikes by Israeli forces on Wednesday. Israel's military struck ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as ...
The Syrian president says government forces had expelled "outlawed groups" in Suweida city/ Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority ...
A fresh wave of deadly sectarian violence has rocked Syria, putting into focus the country's fragile security landscape as the new government attempts to impose its authority over the fractured territory. On Sunday 13 July, the reported abduction of a merchant from the Druze minority sparked ...