06 Feb, 2020 Ending Iran’s fictions When the United States killed Qassim Soleimani at the Baghdad airport in the early hours of January 3, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ...
06 Feb, 2020 The Expansionist ideology of IRGC Unlike the Iranian army that protects Iran’s borders, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is mandated by Iran’s constitution to pursue “an ideological mission of jihad in ...
06 Feb, 2020 Iraqis said to freeze out U.S. help The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials ...
05 Feb, 2020 The deal made in Iran that brought Iraq’s new PM to power Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is attempting to end four months of anti-government demonstrations to uphold a broader agreement which guarantees Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as Iraq’s new prime ...
05 Feb, 2020 Baghdad tells military officials to minimize U.S. reliance The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials ...
04 Feb, 2020 Mohammed Allawi stokes further resentment among anti-government protesters Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on followers to return to their everyday activities and end their anti-government protests after President Barham Salih chose Mohammed Allawi ...
03 Feb, 2020 Iran welcomes Allawi’s appointment as Iraqi prime minister calls for U.S. pullout Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the government’s demand for U.S. forces to ...
31 Jan, 2020 How to limit Iranian freedom of action Iran’s threat toward U.S. assets and allies in the Middle East, such as Israel or Saudi Arabia, has greatly increased due to its successful development of precision-guided ...
29 Jan, 2020 Iranian-backed militias play political party by day and fighters by night Iranian-backed militias spent their Sunday evening concerned that rocket fire directed at the US embassy might have caused deaths and injuries and would result in their leaders ...
29 Jan, 2020 Iraq looking at alternatives to Iranian natural gas The Spokesman of Iraq’s Electricity Ministry has said that Iraq is searching for alternatives to generate the electricity it needs, including developing its own natural gas production, ...
28 Jan, 2020 Iran-backed militias threaten Iraqi stability Iraq’s “Popular Mobilization Forces” (PMFs), or Hashd al-Sha’abi, were thrust onto the world stage this month, when the United States launched a series of strikes against Kata’ib ...
