Iraq
Iran May Be Losing Confidence in Traditional Militias and Is Turning to Smaller Cells Tied to the Revolutionary Guard
Iranian and Allied Expertise Underpins the Houthis’ Expanding Military Reach
While Al-Zaidi Promised the White House He Would Extricate Iranian Influence, He Has Since Hedged His Bets
To Kurds Today, the Peshmerga Are Businessmen Who Receive Party Patronage, Not a Vanguard of a National Movement
Both Political Parties Continue to Control the Recently Renamed Kurdish Armed Forces and the Divisions Within Them
The Report Examines the September 10 Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline
Baghdad Says the Drones Flew From Maysan. Thermal Data and a Post-Attack Optical Frame Put the Damage on a 110-Kilometer Stretch Southeast of Medina, 1,100 Kilometers Away.
Factions Close Ranks Against Military Action, Making Financial Pressure the Primary Way to Break Political Paralysis
A Decade Ago, Kurdish Forces Had Reached an Unprecedented High Point
If the State Vets Fighters Without Dismantling Their Networks, the Militia Eventually Will Capture the Institution from Within
What Began as Domestic Payroll Corruption Has Become a Parallel Financial System to Expand Iran’s Proxy Networks Abroad
Pledges to Bring Weapons Under State Control Prove Unenforceable Because of Militias’ Political and Coercive Power
Tehran’s Cyber Strategy Partially Relies on Externalized Digital Logistics Bases
The Houthis Utilize Areas Controlled by Kata’ib Hezbollah and Other Militias for Logistical Routes and Launch Zones
Compensating Victims of Iranian Attacks Would Demonstrate Washington’s Commitment to Its Regional Partners
The Brotherhood Has Returned Through Two Political Alliances—a Religious Institution Managing Mosques and a Missionary Network
Iranian Influence in Iraq Operates Through Overlapping Security, Political, and Militia Networks That Reinforce One Another
Because Iraq’s Political System Cannot Police Itself, Washington Should Focus on State Officials Who Enable Sanctioned Networks
The Agreement Makes Clear That Turkey Cannot Disregard the Authority of Iraq When Dealing with the Ceyhan Pipeline
President Trump Should Not Treat a New Iraqi Prime Minister as Proof That Iraq’s Balance of Power Has Changed