Tag: Iraq

(USA/Iraq) Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Foreign Minister Hussein (US Department of State)

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein today on the margins of the U.S.-Iraq...

(Afghanistan/Iraq) Clarity on Afghanistan, Confusion on Iraq (Defense One)

Mark Kimmitt writes for Defense One: Last week’s Afghanistan speech by President Joe Biden left little to the imagination. His points were clear, perhaps blunt....

(Iraq/Turkey/Iran) In February, indications of an incoming Turkish military operation targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Sinjar, northern Iraq led to a flurry...

Jacob Lees Weiss writes for Jamestown Foundation: In February, indications of an incoming Turkish military operation targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Sinjar,...

Iraq/Iran/USA – Attacks on US in Iraq becoming a dangerous cycle: Analysts (Al Jazeera)

Pro-Iran militias are “playing with fire” by attacking American interests in Iraq and the recent escalation in tit-for-tat strikes could spiral out of control,...

Iraq – Basra protests erupt as power cuts hit scorching Iraq (Azhar Al-Rubaie, Al Jazeera)

As summer temperatures reached scorching levels, hundreds of Iraqis poured into the streets to protest widespread power outages in Baghdad and the country’s southern...

Iraq – Iraqi Prime Minister Walks Tightrope Between Shia Militias and the United States (Rami Jameel, The Jamestown Foundation)

One of the most critical issues in Iraq currently is the relationship between its Shia-led government and Iranian-backed Shia militias. This issue has been...

Iraq – Islamic State suspected of sabotaging Iraqi electrical towers (Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor)

The Joint Operations Command in Iraq called on citizens July 1 to “be brave” and report individuals who are damaging electric power transmission towers.The command also offered...

Egypt/Iraq/Jordan – A new partnership 30 years in the making? (Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

In April, the news that Iraq was mediating between longtime rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran captivated Middle East watchers. Iraq’s new role as a Saudi-Iran intermediary comes as...

Egypt/Jordan/Iraq – Egypt, Jordan and Iraq leaders meet at Baghdad summit (Al Jazeera)

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II have met in Baghdad, during the first visit by...

Iraq – Iraq’s upcoming elections: Voters and likely winners (Marsin Alshamary, Brookings)

To understand the likely and unlikely outcomes of Iraq’s early parliamentary elections, scheduled for October, we need to understand both who is running and...

Iraq – Politically sanctioned corruption and barriers to reform in Iraq (Toby Dodge, Renad Mansour, Chatham House)

This paper explores the pernicious effects of politically sanctioned corruption on governance in Iraq. This type of corruption is more consequential for the coherence...

USA/Iraq – US House to vote to repeal Iraq war authorisation (Al Jazeera)

The United States House of Representatives will vote later this week to repeal the authorisation of war that Congress gave to former President George...

Iraq/United Nations – The prospects and limitations of United Nations election observation in Iraq (Brookings)

In October 2021, after nearly two years of intermittent protests that brought down the government of Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi, Iraqis are posed...

Iraq – Providing security in Iraq – what do Iraqis think? (DIIS)

Maria-Louise Clausen Denmark assumed leadership of NATO Mission Iraq in late 2020. The Iraqi people’s perceptions of their personal security and of those who provide...

Iraq/USA – Iraq: The Missing Keystone in U.S. Policy in the Gulf (CSIS)

Anthony H. Cordesman One of the odd side effects of both the U.S. focus on withdrawal from Afghanistan and on the possible revival of the...

Iraq/Gulf- Can Iraq play the role of a bridge in the Gulf? (Brookings)

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel There has been a gradual thaw in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iraq since 2015, and a number of notable developments...