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Iraq Shia militia ‘murdered prisoners’

Telegraph: Abdullah Hamid al-Hayali is a man waging a campaign that he knows could see him murdered. The mayor of the Iraqi town of Baquba has...

U.S. Sees risks in assisting a compromised Iraqi force

New York Times: A classified military assessment of Iraq’s security forces concludes that many units are so deeply infiltrated by either Sunni extremist informants or...

Iraq illusions

New York Review: The story most media accounts tell of the recent burst of violence in Iraq seems clear-cut and straightforward. In reality, what is...

Rift with Kurds widens as Iraqi leader replaces the foreign minister

New York Times: The dangerous struggle between the leadership of Iraq and the country’s Kurdish minority intensified Friday as the Kurds seized two oil production...

Hagel: US aware of Russian, Iranian roles in Iraq

AP: The U.S. knows Russia and Iran are providing fighter aircraft to help Iraq combat Islamic extremists, but Washington is not coordinating assistance with...

Kurds withdraw support, leaving Iraq without a president

Guardian: The Kurds have ended participation in the Iraqi government, demonstrating a deepening rift between the group and Nouri al-Maliki after the prime minister accused...

Iran prepares to assault Iranian dissidents in Iraq

The Hill:  Dissemination of bogus reports of Iranian dissidents’ involvement in attacks against Iraqis is Tehran’s way to justify assaults. The regime’s Qods Force disseminated...

Kurdish government calls on Maliki to quit as Iraqi premier

New York Times: The Kurdish regional government responded Thursday to harsh criticism from Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, announcing that its ministers would boycott...

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Heavy Collapse in Iranian Workers’ Purchasing Power Over the Past 10 Years

In recent years, and particularly in the months following the recent war, workers’ “real wages” in Iran have experienced...

Leila Abolhasani, Mother of Two Young Daughters, Sentenced to Death

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old citizen and mother of two teenage daughters, is among those arrested during the January protests...

Price of Cement in Iran Rises 90% in Six Months

The head of the Association of Building Materials Sellers announced that cement prices have increased by more than 90%...

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Iran: Long Fuel Lines Form in Wake of 17-Million-Liter Daily Gasoline Shortages

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Iranian Regime Arms Shipment for Houthis Seized in the Red Sea

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