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Israeli Secret Military Base Discovered Near Iran Border in Iraq, Intelligence Analysis Reveals
In May 2026, open-source Chinese intelligence, military, defense, and security reports and analyses, along with several military think tanks affiliated with the People's Liberation...
Hormuz Blockade Creates Winners and Losers Among Middle East Oil Exporters
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has significantly impacted global oil prices, benefiting countries like Iran, Oman, and Saudi Arabia while others like...
Misguided Democratization Efforts in Post-War Iraq and Beyond
After the Second World War, the rush to promote democratization across the Third World began in full swing; however, the lasting legacies of these...
Post-Saddam Iraq at 23: The War It Never Wanted Is Back
On the anniversary of the 2003 invasion, Iraq finds itself trapped between the same external powers that have defined — and destroyed — its...
Israel Allegedly Backs Iranian Kurdish Militias in Border Land Grab
Israel is conducting airstrikes in western Iran to support Iranian Kurdish militias, who aim to take advantage of the ongoing U. S.-Israeli war with...
Give Iraq’s Constitution a Chance
Iraq is once again at a crossroads. Elections were held late last year, and the ballots have been counted. Yet Iraq remains without a...
US-Israeli Strike on Iran Triggers Massive Energy Market Turmoil
The U. S.-Israel conflict with Iran has significantly disrupted oil and natural gas exports from the Middle East, leading to production stoppages in various...
How Iran’s Protests Opened a New Kurdish Front
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Armed Kurdish separatist groups attempted to cross from Iraq into Iran, according to sources, in a move that suggests external actors are seeking...
The Revolutionary Guards and the Making of Iran’s Iraq Policy
Iran’s policy toward Iraq since the 2003 US invasion has been shaped far more by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps than by Iran’s civilian...
Halbousi elected to steer Iraq’s fragile new parliament
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Iraq’s parliament elected veteran Sunni politician Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker in its first post-election session, marking the start of a fragile and often...