A paramilitary of the Hashed al-shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces stands guard during the funeral of a comrade, who died in American air strikes targeting Iran-backed groups the day before, at the Hashed al-shaabi forces’ headquarters in Baghdad on January 25, 2024. According to Iraqi sources, the US strikes targeted the Hezbollah Brigades, a group affiliated with the Hashed al-Shaabi, an alliance of Iran-backed former paramilitary groups now integrated in Iraq’s regular armed forces. They hit sites in the Jurf al-Sakhr area, south of Baghdad, as well as in the Al-Qaim area on the border with Syria. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
This is a devastating reminder that the consequences of geopolitical conflicts are very real and deeply tragic. My thoughts are with the families of those affected.
Three US troops have been killed and twenty-five injured on the Jordan-Syria border by proxies of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), after more than 170 attempts since…
