Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 ...
Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal
The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...
CounterPunch2d
In Memory of Nawar al-Awlaki, Age 8
Nawar al-Awlaki would have been 16 this year. She was dead long before that. Nawar was just 8 years old when on January 29, ...
Long War Journal2d
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq face an uncertain future
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...
Foreign Affairs3d
Will Iran and Russia’s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?
NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...
HUGH HEWITT: A perfect first week for President Trump (with an asterisk)
President Trump and Secretary Rubio both understand Iran and how Iran reacts to perceived weakness. Pulling security from ...
The Media Line5d
Iran’s Regional Influence Crumbles as Alliances Shift
The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting.
The Media Line5d
Iran’s Proxy Network in Disarray as Middle East Alliances Realign
The Media Line's intrepid correspondents are in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan providing first-person reporting.
How US unknowingly funded Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel
Former CIA official Sarah Adams has made some startling observations in her investigative report, suggesting that the Hamas ...
War on the Rocks7dOpinion
How Iran Lost Before It Lost: The Roll Back of Its Gray Zone Strategy
"Today, you can get in a car in Tehran and get out in the Dahia, Beirut." Five years and two months after Gen. Qasem ...
The US has taken the first step towards defeating one of Iran’s last allies
You’d be forgiven if, during the madcap weeks leading to Donald Trump’s inauguration, you’d lost track of what was happening ...
The American Conservative9d
How Will Trump Tackle Iran?
Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House with big plans and a world that looks quite different from the one he dealt with during his first term. He will inherit a cornucopia of foreign ...