PEOPLE WALK past an anti-US billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2026. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)
Iraqi Prime Minister urges armed factions to disarm and join state institutions
Newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi urged armed factions in the country to work “under the umbrella of the state and its official institutions.”
ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi delivers a televised address after assuming office, in Baghdad, Iraq May 16, 2026.(photo credit: IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MEDIA OFFICE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Iranian regime operative who directed wave of Ashab al Yamin attacks on Jewish targets indicted
Originally indicted with six counts in a complaint on May 15, the Iraqi and Iranian national was charged on Thursday with conspiring to provide material support to Kata’ib Hezbollah and the IRGC.
MOHAMMAD BAQER Saad Dawood Al-Saadi standing in front of an array of machineguns in a conference room.(photo credit: US Justice Department Office of Public Affairs)