Jane Araf

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152 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Jane Araf’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 2.

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Up First from NPR · Primary Race Results, Trump's Plane Swap Ruse, Disarming Iraq's Iran-Backed Militias · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah, this is Qataib Syed Shuhada, one of the main Iran-backed factions. matched

Now, the head of the group is wanted by the U.S., in fact. matched

They offered a $10 million bounty on him three years ago. matched

They've accused him of organizing attacks against U.S. matched

targets in Iraq. matched

So he's understandably keeping a low profile, but we sat down with a group's spokesman, Sheikh Qadam al-Fartusi. matched

And he told us that diplomatic missions are forbidden to them as targets. matched

But as we can hear in his answer, he says they believe because of the military and intelligence interests at the U.S. matched

embassy, the diplomatic missions have lost their protected status. matched

So the U.S. matched

won't comment on damage, but Iraqi security sources and satellite images indicate that a helicopter landing strip and some air defenses were damaged in some of those attacks. matched

And meanwhile, Leila, this group and others are vowing revenge against Saudi Arabia for recent attacks on bases, while others are advocating diplomacy. matched

Yeah, the Kurds, it leaves them deeply worried. matched

They have no air defenses of their own, and they host Iranian Kurdish opposition bases that have come under frequent Iranian attack. matched

We asked the prime ministry spokesman Haider al-Abadi about the issue, and he says Iraq is hoping to buy U.S. matched

air defenses, but obviously that's complicated too. matched

It's not clear what they'd get, and it's not clear how they would deploy them in the Kurdistan region. matched

Up First from NPR · Seattle Shooting, Iran War Pause, Midterm Elections · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, what's newsworthy is pretty much nothing happened over the weekend in terms of those attacks by the U.S. matched

There were none by Iran either. matched

And that's after intensive strikes of the U.S. matched

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