Tag: Iraq

Iraq’s fragile stability is threatened by a shifting Middle Eastern order. The region’s balance of power is being violently upended. It will be difficult...

For the first time in recent memory, Iraq has found itself on the margins of a major Middle Eastern conflict rather than at its...

Maritime Disputes Cast a Pall over Iraq-Kuwait Relations (Crisis Group)

A group of Iraqi politicians has revived disagreements over a Gulf waterway shared by Iraq and Kuwait, sowing mutual suspicion at a time when...

Iran-linked hackers target Kurdish and Iraqi officials in long-running cyberespionage campaign (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to Iran has been targeting Kurdish and Iraqi government officials in a years-long cyber espionage campaign, according to...

Geostrategic magazine (6 June 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Belarus-Russia-Europe; Europe-US-NATO; Iraq; Jama’a Nusrat...

Geostrategic magazine (30 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Iraq; Israel; Poland-Russia; Russia; Russia's...

Geostrategic magazine (9 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Catholic Church; Iraq; Poland-Russia; Russia;...

Geostrategic magazine (3 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Bulgaria; Climate Action; Democracy; Europe;...

Geostrategic magazine (29 April 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Canada; China-Iran; Female Genital Mutilation;...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 4, 2022

AFRICA Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector. Vera Songwe, Brookings:  Never before in the last half century has Africa’s health care landscape seen so many...

Daily news – February 2, 2022 p.m.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO  At least 60 people killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo. Erikas Mwisi Kambale, Reuters: At least 60 people were...

Iraq faces growing violence as political rift deepens (Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

The threat of worsening violence looms over Baghdad again this week, underscoring the challenges faced by influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of...

The Islamic State Gains New Operational Foothold in Iraq’s Hamrin Mountains (Isaac Ahmed, The Jamestown Foundation)

Diyala is located 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, and is considered a “road-knot” between four Iraqi provinces, including Diyala and Sulaymaniyah, Wasit, and Salah...

Iraq: Impunity for Serious Abuses (Human Rights Watch)

The Iraqi government failed in 2021 to deliver on promises to hold to account those responsible for the abuse of protesters, activists, journalists, and critics of political elites and the...

Two civilians wounded in rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone (Al Jazeera)

At least four rockets targeted the United States Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, wounding two civilians, according to two Iraqi security officials. Three...

Chaotic scenes as Iraq’s new parliament holds first session (Al Jazeera)

Iraq’s new parliament has re-elected its speaker for a second term, the first step towards forming a new government after a general election whose...