Sixteen years earlier, Iraqi Shi'ite militants fought the Americans with Iranian support after the 2003 US invasion toppled Sunni ruler Saddam Hussein. "Everything changed after Nasrallah was killed," said Mustafa Fahs, a Lebanese political activist in close contact with Iraqi Shi'ite leaders. said he and fellow Iraqi commanders warned Syrian military officials that they were dangerously infiltrated by Israeli agents. A threat to all Shi'itesOn the third day of the Iran war, A.J. Many Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitaries haven't seen full-scale war since they fought Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS.

Source: The Telegraph March 06, 2026 16:39 UTC