Tag: Iraq

Iran Update, November 12, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iraqi Parliamentary Elections: The voter turnout rate was 56 percent in the November 11 Iraqi parliamentary elections, according to Iraq’s electoral commission. Iraqi politicians...

Iran Update, November 11, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iraqi Parliamentary Elections: Iraq held parliamentary elections on November 11. Iraq’s electoral commission, the Independent High Electoral Commission, announced on November 11 that...

Iran Update, November 10, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Syria-US Relations: Syrian President Ahmed al Shara met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on November 10. Shara’s visit marked the...

Geostrategic magazine (11 November 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: China; COP30; Ethiopia-Eritrea; EU; Eurasian...

New and Revived Energy Partnerships Boost Turkey and East-West Trade Routes (Burak Can Çelik – Stimson Center)

Iraq’s Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline resumed oil flows on September 27 for the first time since early 2023. Under a US-mediated agreement between Iraq, the Kurdistan...

Iran Update, October 15, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russo-Syrian Cooperation: Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 indicates that the Syrian government will likely...

Iran Update, October 14, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

SDF Integration: Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander Mazloum Abdi said on October 11 that he and the Syrian transitional government reached a “preliminary agreement”...

Iran Update, October 10, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Gaza Ceasefire: Israel and Hamas implemented a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10. The ceasefire agreement does not address outstanding issues that...

Iran Update, October 3, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Reported Attack on US Forces in Syria: A Syrian militia sympathetic to the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance claimed an attack on a US base...

Iran Update, October 1, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iran’s Access to Global Markets: The Iranian regime appears to be trying to mitigate internal economic pressure by taking steps to remove itself from...

Iran Update, September 30, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iranian Succession Planning: Senior Iranian officials appear to be preparing for potential military conflict. Iranian officials continue to believe that the current ceasefire...

Iran Update, September 19, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Snapback Sanctions on Iran: Iran is trying to prevent snapback sanctions by offering an interim deal that secures concessions upfront from the United States...

Iran Update, September 17, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Snapback Sanctions: The E3 (United Kingdom, France, and Germany) stated that Iran has not taken any concrete steps required to delay the snapback mechanism....

Iran Update, September 8, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Iran-IAEA Negotiations: Iranian officials are signaling openness to cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and negotiations with the United States, likely to...

Iran Update, September 2, 2025 (Ben Rezaei, Nidal Morrison, Carolyn Moorman, Ben Schmida, Katherine Wells, Adham Fattah, Ria Reddy and Brian Carter – Institute...

Iran: Iran continues to cooperate with US adversaries to advance its nuclear and missile program. An unspecified senior security source told a UK-based website,...

Why Did Iraq’s Militias Sit Out the Iran–Israel War and Why it Matters (Burcu Ozcelik and Tamer Badawi – RUSI)

Defying expectations, Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups refrained from carrying out attacks on US military facilities inside Iraq after Israel’s 13 June strikes on Iran....