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Iranian-backed militias search Iraq for ‘Zionist-American’ base in show of force – analysis

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Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces stand guard at a military base near the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq on January 23, 2026. (photo credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)
Reports of a secret Israeli base in Iraq have now led Baghdad to feel it must do something and stage a show of force, resulting in Iranian-backed militias sending forces to southern Iraq.