Posts Tagged: Iraq Iran
Trump Seeks Kurdish Allies Against Tehran, but Analysts Say Plan Is Risky, Could Take Years
The Trump administration, weighing whether the war with Iran could eventually require US troops on the ground, has begun reaching out to Kurdish opposition leaders...
Iraq Backtracks After Briefly Listing Hezbollah, Houthis as Terror Groups
Iraq will remove Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis from an asset-freeze list, officials said on Thursday, after the Iran-backed Islamist groups were mistakenly included in an earlier government publication, prompting confusion and criticism. The Justice Ministry's official...
Trump Announces Iran-Israel Ceasefire, Comes After Tehran Targets US Base in Qatar With No Casualties
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a "complete and total" ceasefire between Iran and Israel that will begin at midnight, ending the 12-day war...
Iraq Attacks Israel; What Should Happpen Next?
On May 26, Iraq approved a poorly thought out authoritarian law; its implications will hurt Iraqis in the diaspora, Iraqis in Iraq, and the Iraqi...
At Meeting With Iraqi Leader, Iran’s Khamenei Vows ‘Reciprocal Blow’ to US for Soleimani Killing
Iran's ruler used the occasion of the Iraqi prime minister's visit to Tehran on Tuesday to remind his guest that Iran expected its neighbor to...
The US Should Arm the Kurds, Not the Shiite Militias, in Iraq
The Obama administration has provided the Iraqi army with military hardware worth billions of dollars. Iraq's main power brokers are Iraqi Shiite militias, who are...
As Iraq Falls Apart, U.S. Must Stay Focused on Iran
Whole forests have been sacrificed since the stunningly swift military advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ("ISIL") to provide enough newsprint...
Obama’s Strategic Mistake in Iraq: Abandoning Iran’s Opposition
It has already been established, including in my recently published book The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid, that...
Iraq Sides With Iran on “Humanitarian” Flights to Syria
Iran is sending military equipment to President Bashar al-Asad's regime in Syria by flying over Iraqi airspace, senior American officials disclosed this week, highlighting...
Exclusive: Iraqi Ally of Israel Dispossessed of his Home, he Says by Iraqi PM Maliki
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who in a series of recent interviews with The Algemeiner has spoken of Iran's alleged bribery of numerous Iraqi officials,...
Exclusive: Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Says Nouri al-Maliki is a Tool of Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who met recently with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is being used as a "tool of Iran," and Iran is using...
Goodbye Iraq. Hello Iran
The final withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq this week raises the question of Baghdad's future role along Israel's eastern front. Historically, it...
Be Warned, America’s Withdrawal From Iraq Heralds a World of Instability
America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's)...
