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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Quds Force Founded 1988 ; 37 years ago (1988) as an independent force Country Iran Type Special operations force Role Extraterritorial operations, Unconventional warfare, Military Intelligence, Black operations Size 5,000 Part of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Engagements Iran–Iraq War Soviet ...
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Attacks on US bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Gaza war Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives and the Eastern Syria insurgency in the Syrian civil war Top: The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS ...
Under Soleimani’s direction, Iran incubated a network of proxy forces in several Arab countries which grew in the years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has mushroomed since.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Tower 22 drone attack Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Location Rukban, Jordan 33°18′51″N 38°42′12″E / 33.31417°N 38.70333°E / 33.31417; 38.70333 Target Tower 22 U.S. military base ...
The PMF includes Iran-backed groups which, operating under the banner of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, have attacked U.S. troops in the region and targeted Israel since the eruption of the Gaza ...
The Iranian intervention in Iraq has its roots in the post-2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies, when the infrastructure of the Iraqi armed forces, as well as intelligence, were disbanded in a process called "de-Ba'athification" which allowed militias with close ties to Tehran to join the newly reconstituted army.
The small kingdom sits between Israel and the West Bank on one side, and Iran’s neighbor Iraq on the other, where pro-Iran militias reign supreme. To its north lies Syria, a failing state that ...