July 2020. Iran’s supreme leader told Iraq’s visiting premier on Tuesday that Tehran will exact revenge from the US over the killing of a top general earlier this year, but said his country will not interfere in Baghdad’s relations with Washington. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi of Iraq met Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the Iranian capital… Continue reading Jul 2020. Crisis in Iraq
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Mar 2016. daesh Suicide Bomber in Hilla
March 2016. With daesh getting pushed back, they’re returning to guerrilla tactics. They’ve claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 70. It was in the mostly Shia area of Hilla. https://vk.com/video503532632_456239964
Jan 2020. The People of Iraq Protest against their Government
January 2020. Early Sunday morning, Sarkawt Shams, a Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament, received a text on his phone from the political bureau of the Kataib Hezbollah militia, which had just lost its leader to a U.S. drone strike. The parliament was due to vote on whether to expel U.S. troops from Iraq following… Continue reading Jan 2020. The People of Iraq Protest against their Government
Jan 2020. The Legal Arguments of the Qassem Soleimani Killing
January 2020. When the US government killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was first announced, officials from the Pentagon up to President Donald Trump were careful to make clear the strike was meant to head off an imminent attack on Americans. That the strike, which took place last week without congressional approval or debate,… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Legal Arguments of the Qassem Soleimani Killing
Jan 2020. Qassem Soleimani Part 1
January 2020. Fifty people have been killed and more than 200 injured in a stampede as Iranians gathered for the burial of a leading commander killed in a US drone strike. The deaths in Qasem Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman led to the ceremony being delayed. The burial is the last in a series of funeral… Continue reading Jan 2020. Qassem Soleimani Part 1
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 4
January 2020. Iran’s most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, along with other Iran-backed militia figures, early on Friday in a strike… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 4
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 3
January 2020. Through the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s notorious commander of the Quds Force — the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ powerful foreign-operations arm — along with Iran’s main military man in Iraq, Abu-Mahdi Muhandis, the U.S. has clipped the wings of Iran’s expansionist regional policies. By the same token, this dramatic move has opened… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 3
Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 1
January 2020. The United States killed a high-profile commander of Iran’s secretive Quds Force with a drone strike in Iraq early Friday, the Department of Defence said. “At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad,” the department said in a statement announcing the death… Continue reading Jan 2020. The Killing of Qassem Soleimar Part 1
Jan 2020. Protests in Iraq
January 2020. For 12 weeks, Iraqi protesters have massed in the streets of Baghdad and cities in southern Iraq to demand the ouster of the government, an end to corruption and a halt to the overweening influence of Iran. And for 12 weeks, the government has foundered in its response, alternating vague promises of reform… Continue reading Jan 2020. Protests in Iraq