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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Russian-Israeli researcher released in 'Axis of Resistance' prisoner swap: Iran-affiliated media

Iranian semi-official Tasnim News Agency wrote that Elizabeth Tsurkov was "exchanged for two resistance prisoners... despite the fact that the Americans initially claimed that they had released her themselves."

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Kataib Hezbollah releases Israeli-Russian researcher

US President Donald Trump alleged that Elizabeth Tsurkov had been "tortured for many months" during her period of captivity with Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq.

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