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Items by Iyad Al-Dulaimi
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Iraq’s stability is a necessity for Iran
For years we heard nothing but news of death, murder, destruction, and bombings from Iraq. Since the US occupation in 2003, Iraq has become the most violent and turbulent country in the world, becoming a compass of violence in the Middle East. I would not be exaggerating if I...
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A strike to strengthen Assad
After heated tweets and large deployments with his Western allies, the American President, Donald Trump, along with Britain and France attacked targets and sites associated with Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. This was the long-awaited response to Al-Assad’s attack on Douma with chemical weapons, killing more than 70, including women and...
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Iran and the American containment
In 2001, before the September 11th attacks, a committee specialising in studying the details of the Middle Eastern countries, presented a number of recommendations (or decisions) to the American President, George W Bush. These recommendations included changing Iraq by military means and changing Iran from within. In 2015, when...
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Saudi Arabia in Iraq… What has changed?
The visit by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, to Saudi Arabia in the midst of the Gulf crisis resulting in a four-country siege on Qatar, and nearly two months after the Riyadh-Islamic-American summit, has raised a number of questions regarding the nature of this visit. This...
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What's next for post-Daesh Iraq?
It doesn’t seem that the situation in Iraq after Daesh is going to be any better than what it has been like since the militant group took control of half of the country in 2014. Data indicates that differences between rivals who have been united by Daesh are too...