Iraq

Former top commander: ‘civil war in Iraq has already begun’

Washington Free Beacon: A former top U.S. commander in Iraq claims that the Obama administration and the State Department have been running an “information deception...

Iran wrestles with tough choices in Iraq

Reuters: Iran is wrestling with a complex array of historic alliances and enmities as it tries to develop a coherent response to the swift...

Iran secretly sending drones and supplies into Iraq, U.S. officials say

New York Times: Iran is directing surveillance drones over Iraq from an airfield in Baghdad and is supplying Iraqi forces with tons of military equipment...

 Iraq’s Kurds weigh dealing with Baghdad or going it alone

Bloomberg: Iraq’s Kurdish minority may be holding the only winning hand in the nation’s bloody sectarian turmoil. As fighting rages between Sunni militants and Iraq’s majority...

Kerry promises ‘intense and sustained’ U.S. support for Iraq

Reuters: Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday promised "intense and sustained" U.S. support for Iraq, but said the divided country would only survive...

U.S. secretary of state arrives in Iraq

AP: Confronting the threat of civil war in Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to personally urge the...

Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip

Reuters: Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents...

Embattled Nouri al-Maliki ‘will not go quietly,’ foes and friends say

Washington Post: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani did not directly mention Maliki, but he called for the creation of a government that has “broad national support,”...

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In recent days, the issue of bread prices has become one of the most important livelihood concerns in Iran....

Privatization: The Transfer of Wealth to Power Circles in Iran’s Regime

Privatization has been one of the most significant economic policies of Iran's regime over the past three decades. Regime...

European Union Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

In the latest development in the tense relations between Tehran and Brussels, the issue of European Union sanctions has...

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