Iran-backed militia warns Iraqi politicians against communicating with US envoy

Kataib Hezbollah said that the forces will not confront the US diplomat, as the Iraqi youth “are sufficient” and are “capable of sending you back humiliated to where there is degradation and the trade of alcohol and drugs.”

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Kataib Hezbollah says many election winners from ‘the same ilk’ as Islamic Resistance

“What is particularly gratifying about these elections is that many of the candidates who will reach the threshold for seats in the Council of Representatives are of the same ilk as the Islamic Resistance and its authentic approach,” Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hammidawi said in a statement

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Kataib Hezbollah calls US sanctions 'laughable,' says targeting unaffiliated individuals

Kataib Hezbollah spokesperson Abu Ali al-Askari said that newly-imposed US Treasury Department sanctions targeting pro-Iran actors in Iraq are “evidence of weak intelligence” and that none of the sanctioned individuals are associated with the group.

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Kataib Hezbollah welcomes Gaza ceasefire, lauds Palestinian resilience

The Shiite militant group said that Israel's acceptance of the US-proposed deal came "not out of mercy or a desire for peace, but out of despair and failure hidden behind false pride."

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US targets key Iran proxies in Iraq, sanctions financial network

The action marks a continuation of Washington's efforts to hamper Tehran's influence in Iraq and across the Middle East.

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Kataib Hezbollah slams Trump's Gaza peace plan as cover for ‘Zionist genocide’

"It is inconceivable that the executioner would appoint himself a judge and claim to offer justice," the Popular Mobilization Forces faction said of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov issues first public statement since release

Tsurkov thanked US President Donald Trump for “the decisive action that brought me home without anything to the given in return to the kidnappers.”

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Kataib Hezbollah claims freed Israeli-Russian researcher fueled Iraq protests

Kataib Hezbollah claimed that Tsurkov had partnered with an Israeli spy team to run the Tishreen (October) protest movement to “incite Shiite infighting,” as part of an effort to “manage the notorious so-called Tishrinis and some civil society organizations, establishing direct relationships to enable them to access the parliament and state institutions.”

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Iraq faces questions after release of Elizabeth Tsurkov

The release of Russian-Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, kidnapped in Iraq by Kataib Hezbollah since 2023, has fueled debate over whether it was secured through a prisoner-swap, political guarantees, or international pressure.

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