Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 07:46 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqis, many dressed in black, attempted Sunday to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, after the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 06:24 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqis attempted Sunday to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where the US embassy is located, after the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, an AFP journalist reported.

Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 04:08 AFP — Loud explosions were heard early Sunday near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said.

Sunday, 1 March, 2026 , 03:04 AFP — Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state media on Sunday, was a pillar of the country's theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 22:11 AFP — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 21:57 AFP — Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, a pillar of its theocratic system since the Islamic revolution whose death was announced by US President Donald Trump on Saturday, saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 20:09 AFP — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 17:31 AFP — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 17:13 AFP — New strikes hit an Iraqi military base housing the pro-Iran armed group Kataeb Hezbollah just hours after an earlier attack blamed on the US killed two fighters, several sources said.

Saturday, 28 February, 2026 , 14:15 AFP — Two people were killed Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with an imminent response.