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Sabereen, a pro Iraqi-Militia outlet has shared this photo, reportedly showing the body of an American citizen killed during an attack on his vehicle in al-Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq. The initial post said that a man was killed in his apartment, but the photo and corresponding photo claims to show him in the bed of a pickup truck. It is...

Hidden amidst the fog and darkness, groups of smugglers brave the Jordanian desert. The drug they’re smuggling is captagon. A popular amphetamine in the middle east, used by partygoers and previously by militants. The final destination is usually Saudi Arabia which has the largest consumer market in the Middle East.  The drug is produced mainly in Syria, where there is...

Iran has claimed responsibility for the missile barrage that targeted the Kurdish capital of  Erbil last night, claiming that the strikes targeted two “Israeli spy centers” and were in retaliation against Isareli airstrikes in Syria earlier this week that killed two IRGC officers. The strikes, consisting of about a dozen Fateh-110 ballistic missiles, began around 0105 local time, landing...

Multiple raids carried out by Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), as well as other counter-terrorism forces of the Iraqi Army, in Anbar, Kirkuk, Salahaddin, and Diyala has resulted in the arrests of 11 ISIS militants and the seizure of an explosives cache. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces consist of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, which has three brigades subordinate to it. The...