“Key” Special Groups financier captured south of Baghdad
Twelve Mahdi Army fighters were killed in New Baghdad on May 28. Iraqi security forces capture 34 Mahdi Army fighters in the South.
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Iran-Syria sign defence pact
Iraqi Army clashes with Mahdi Army in eastern Baghdad
Ten Mahdi Army fighters were killed and one wounded during “operations against special groups in eastern Baghdad.” Iraqi troops seize 59 explosively formed projectiles in Sadr City since May 24.
Iraqi Special Forces capture Special Groups commander in Baghdad
A leader of a 300-man unit “affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps” was captured in Shula. US and Iraqi forces have been targeting the Mahdi Army in the Shula neighborhood.
Iraqi Army dismantles Mahdi Army caches in Sadr City
Multiple EFPs and other Iranian-made weapons have been discovered in Sadr City as US and Iraqi forces continue to press Mahdi Army units throughout Baghdad.
Syria
Iran and Syria to attend Iraq meeting in Sweden: U.N.
Iraq
Shia clerics close to Ayatollah Sistani denied reports he issued fatwas permitting attacks on Coalition forces. Iraqi special operations forces captured a financier and weapons smuggler that operates along the Iranian border in Az Zubayr. Coaition forces captured four Special Groups operatives in Rashadiyah. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives and detained 15 suspects […]
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Petraeus terms military action in Iran “last resort”
Coalition and Taliban vie for control of southwestern Afghanistan in Nimroz province
The first in a two-part series. Part one addresses the Taliban insurgency in the southwestern province of Nimroz, where attacks have spiked over the past year.
Hezbollah
Hizbollah’s Lebanon veto power boosts Iran’s Middle East influence
US military killed Mahdi Army commander Arkan Hasnawi in May 3 strike
Hasnawi was a senior lieutenant to overall Mahdi Army commander in Sadr City. Details on the Mahdi Army leadership in Sadr City emerge. Eleven Mahdi Army fighters killed in New Baghdad.
Iraqi Army presses into Sadr City
Six battalions of soldiers moved beyond the barrier to take positions throughout the northern two-thirds of the Mahdi Army stronghold. Iraqi troops met little resistance. Raids continue against the Mahdi Army outside Sadr City.
Lebanon
Lebanon: The conflict™s Iranian face
Iraq
Iranian Embassy did not coordinate its movements with Iraqi security officials -spokesman
Iraq
Iraqi security forces have detained 833 suspects during security operations in Mosul. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda cell members and captured three near Baghdad, and captured 14 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Mosul and Bayji. The Iraqi Army captured a Special Groups cell leader and three associates in Husayniyah. Two Iranian diplomats were […]
Attacks decrease in Sadr City; fighting shifts to western Baghdad
The Mahdi Army continues to strike in Sadr City, but the intensity of the attacks has decreased significantly. Fighting may be shifting westward.
Iraq
Gunmen wound two Iranian diplomats in Baghdad
Saudi Arabia
Saudi says Lebanon violence will affect Iran ties
Lebanon
Jumblatt’s Men Set Back Iran’s Militia in Lebanon
Al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan were Saudis
Otaibi was the minder for the minister of the Islamic State of Iraq’s sharia courts. Abu Dejana was the brother of one of the four al Qaeda operatives who escaped from Bagram prison in 2005.
Iraq
Iraqi security forces detained 142 “gunmen” since Operation Lion’s Roar began in Mosul on May 10. US and Iraq forces captured seven al Qaeda operatives in Mosul. Iraqi security forces killed one “gunman” and captured 24 in Baghdad. The leader of the Dulaimi tribe said the US and Europe must help stop the “growing Iranian […]
Operations continue in Sadr City
Multinational Forces Iraq indicates the building of the wall and operations against the “Special Groups” will continue despite the cease-fire. EFPs are “the number one killer of our soldiers” in Baghdad.
Sadrist bloc buckles, agrees to let Iraqi Army in Sadr City
The Sadrist bloc and the Iraqi government agreed to a 14-point agreement that concedes major points to the Iraqi government and military. The Iraqi Army can enter Sadr City to establish security while the Sadrist said the Mahdi Army attacks will end.
Lebanon
Hezbollah fighters seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles between the Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah fighters and gunmen loyal to the government. Hezbollah fighters targeted offices linked to Saad al-Harari, […]
19 Mahdi Army fighters killed during Baghdad battles
US and Iraqi forces killed 19 Mahdi fighters and captured nine during raids and clashes in Sadr City and wider Baghdad. Sadr’s radio station is shut down.
Al Qaeda
Report: Al Qaeda-Linked Militant Says Iran Supports Sunni Fighters in Iraq
US, Iraqi forces kill 18 Mahdi fighters during clashes, raids in Baghdad
Iraqi troops arrest 42 policemen and 35 hospital workers in Shula. Explosively formed penetrators and weapons cache found in mosque.
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3-89 Cavalry conducts operations targeting Mahdi Special Groups in northern Rusafa
Bill Ardolino is embedded with the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment in the Rusafa district in central Baghdad. US troops and Iraqi police conduct raids against Mahdi Army criminal enterprises and a suspected IED cell.