Iraq

Iran’s Quds Force Opens Bases, Headquarters in Kirkuk

Bas News

The Quds Force, Iran’s external wing of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), opened five bases along with a headquarter in Kirkuk after the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias of Hashd al-Shaabi invaded the city on Monday.

According to confidential sources inside Kirkuk, the Iranian military commander, named Haji Ihsan, who was the representative of Quds Force in Kirkuk opened five military bases in Kirkuk which is now under the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi forces.

Shiite militias in Iraq burn a man alive

Jun 01, 2015

Horrifying 'souvenir' footage taken from a member of the Iraqi regime-backed 'Imam Ali' extremist Shiite militia shows a Sunni Iraqi man being burnt alive by members of the militia, which is is one of those currently involved in fighting against Daesh (the so-called 'Islamic State') in Iraq.

This map proves that Iran doesn't really want to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria

May 01, 2015

Iraq and Syria no longer exist.

By now, the world has gotten used to maps showing how ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Free Syrian Army, the Assad regime, the Baghdad government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Sunni tribes, Iranian-backed militia groups, and various other actors have filled the vacuum in the countries still officially known as Iraq and Syria.