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Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens swept the streets of Baghdad in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The Shiite populist leader’s...
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Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens swept the streets of Baghdad in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The Shiite populist leader’s...
For years, Turkish forces have launched various military incursions targeting Kurds on its shared Iraqi border. In fact, Ankara’s operations targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced ISIS leader Maher al-Agal was killed in a drone strike in Syria. Responsible for overseeing the...
Iraq’s political stalemate continues almost nine months after elections. Earlier this month, Muqtada al-Sadr, whose movement won a plurality, called on his 73 parliamentary...
Maya Carlin, an analyst with the Center for Security Policy and our in house Middle East Defense Editor details everything you need to know...
It was supposed to be a night of joy, of promising futures, of new life, as three Raiders headed to a bar in Erbil,...
An informal agreement governs Iraqi politics: a Shi’ite Arab holds the premiership, a Sunni Arab becomes speaker of the parliament, and a Kurd serves...
The Islamic State (ISIS) is once again gaining momentum. Last month, the group launched its largest and most violent attack since the fall of...
For a half-century, Iraq has been among the world’s most difficult places to be a journalist. Saddam Hussein tolerated no independent journalism; to be...
Rockets Fired at US Embassy in Baghdad: At least three, possibly four rockets targeted the United States Embassy in an attack in Baghdad’s heavily...