Iran-backed Shia militias

THE WORLD IN WORDS / An Iran deal ten years late

The only thing to lament about the agreement reached by Iran and the P5+1 (the UN Security Council's five permanent members – China, Britain, France, Russia, and the United States – plus Germany) in Vienna this month is that it was not signed and sealed a decade ago.

Iran-backed militias 'ordered to recapture Iraq's IS-held Ramadi'

The Iraqi government is reported to be sending Iran-backed Shia militias to Ramadi to recapture the city seized by Islamic State (IS) militants.