A new report at Middle East Eye last week said that the “Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary umbrella group has doubled in size over the past two years, making it the ...
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Iran’s bid to steal Arab identity is an own goal
After decades during which Gulf Arabs rarely visited Iraq, there has been great excitement this month about Iraq hosting football’s Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979. ...
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Iraq Explosion at militia arms depot
An explosion has rocked an arms depot belonging to a faction of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), security sources have revealed. According to a report in Al-Araby Al-Jadeed citing ...
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Iran’s regional position no less satanic than the verses it opposes
Three weeks have passed since the violent attack on the renowned British writer Salman Rushdie, the author of the controversial book the Satanic Verses
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Iranian influence turns PKK-weakened Kurdistan into regional battleground
Vehicles allegedly carrying Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commanders continue to be targeted in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq amid claims Iran controls both the PKK and Shiite-led forces in ...
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Iran’s use of regional proxies against UAE lays bare intent on escalation
Tehran's read-out of Wednesday’s phone conversation between its Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, is only the latest indication of the Islamic Republic's ...
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