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Strategy or physical withdrawal: What does Washington’s shift from airstrikes to sanctions signify?
Despite the apparent success of the US’s blockade and sanctions campaign, Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed that they would not falter in maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Iraq's 20,000 illiterate electric ministry employees is indicator of larger dysfunction - analysis
Iran plans to weaken Kurdish forces in Iraq to prevent disarmament of militias - analysis
Iranian drones target Iraq's Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's office
Who fired rockets targeting a Turkish base in Iraq? - analysis
The attack targeting the Turkish base near Bashiqa is not the first, as it was targeted in December 2021 and also January 2022, with reports staying that there was also an attack in November 2021.
Will Iran use the Ramadan period to increase tensions with Israel?
Iran knows it can stoke tensions over several thousand miles of potential frontline – including the Gaza Strip, northern Israel and the Golan Heights.
Concerns for Iraq after it fails to elect a president - analysis
Since the US invasion of Iraq and the toppling of the dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has had a Kurdish President.
Iran’s militias in Iraq claim 'Zionist presence' in Erbil
Iran fired large missiles that landed near a new US consulate compound and damaged a house, with Iranian regime media reporting that the Islamic Republic was also targeting “Zionist” facilities.
Pro-Iranian groups in Iraq back Tehran’s attack on US, Israel - analysis
Iraq’s prime minister is reportedly heading to Erbil, the capital of the country's Kurdistan Region, where the attack took place.
Iran attacks Kurdish region in Iraq in message to US - analysis
The US consulate building in Erbil is supposed to be safe and secure in a friendly Kurdish region. The attacks show otherwise, that Iran can easily target the US facility.
Why did Iranian media claim Iran targeted ‘two advanced Israeli centers’ in Erbil - analysis
If Iran can claim it has struck at both it gets to claim it has struck two for the price of one. This doesn’t mean that Iran has actually done what it claims to have done.
Five times Iran used Iraqi militias to conduct drone attacks - analysis
Iran has recently established even closer ties with Iraqi militias and is now using them to attack Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other states.
Iran and its proxies are emboldened by lack of accountability - analysis
Iran has set its sights precisely on countries in which its proxy groups have taken over the government and carried out extrajudicial killings.
Is Iran vs. US shadow war in Iraq and Syria about to explode? - analysis
Now, the shadow conflict that has emerged, stretching from Baghdad to attacks on the US in Tanf garrison in Syria, is growing and risks exploding into the open.
