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Iran is pushing Iraq to the brink. Iraqis are fighting back.

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Editor 41 Views American forces, Anbar province, anti-central government, axis of evil, axis of resistance, Ba’athist regime, catalyst, conspiracy, corrupt officials, current crisis, démarche, demotion, dual-aim, editor-in-chief, electricity shortages, encroachment, enemies, exporting the Islamic Revolution, Foreign Ministry, good-will, government formation, hard power, Hashd Al-Sha'bi, hearts & souls, Iranian university students, Iraqi politics, Kayhan newspaper, Kurdish autonomy, land corridor, malaise, malign influence, military footprint, Mosul, Nationalism, nationalist, non-sectarian, oreign footsteps, panic, Popular Mobilization Units, post-Saddam political order, pressure campaign, pro-Iran bloc, pro-Iran interests, pro-Iran Shia militias, proof, Protests, proxy wars, public life, public outcry, pushback, reformist newspaper, revolt, riot police, sanctions-busting, Shia religious holiday of Arbaeen, shine a light, slogan, Supreme Leader, the Mediterranean, US embassy in Baghdad, water shortages

By Behnam Ben Taleblu Source: Al Arabiya Protestors in Iraq are fighting against Iran’s malign influence in the country, showing

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Terrorism

The Al-Hashd al-Sha’bi Militias at a Crossroads

September 27, 2019September 28, 2019 Editor 73 Views a client state, Abdul-Mahdi, al-Hashd al-Sha’bi militias, Al-Nasr Coalition, al-wajib al-kifai, ammunitions warehouse, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Ashura, axis of resistance, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Badr Organization, battle-stricken area, combat, cultural agent, cultural centers, economic dimensions, election campaign, elections, Falih Fayyadh, Fatah Coalition, fatwa, fertile ground, foreign and domestic, ground corridor, Hadi Ameri, Haider Abadi, hybrid mechanism, Imam Hussein, industrial reconstruction, influential cleric, internal debate, Iranian resistance, Iranian umbrella, Iraq’s future, Iraq’s security forces, Iraqi military apparatus, Iraqi Parliament, Iraqi Shiite cleric, Iraqi sovereignty, ISIS, Islamic guidance, Kata'ib al-Imam Ali, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Kurdish region, Mediterranean basin, military power, Mosul, Muqtada al-Sadr, Muslim World, policy, political force, political mechanism, political party, post-war restoration, proxy, recruitment, Saairun Alliance, Sarayat al-Salam militia, Shiite community, sociopolitical system, soft power, springboard, telecommunications infrastructure, triangular collaboration, urban reconstruction, Vilayat-e Faqih, welfare

By Dr. Doron Itzchakov Source: The Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent assaults on the militia bases

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From the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales

Around the Region

Turkey’s secret pact with Islamic State exposed by operative behind wave of ISIS attacks

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Editor 149 Views Adana, Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê (Firat News Agency or ANF News), Amsterdam, Daesh, Defectors, financial support, Gire Spi (Tel Abyad), Haci Ali Durmaz, Harwar News Agency (ANHA), ISIS operatives, Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), Kurdish province, logistical support, Mehmet Ozturk, Mersin, military support, Mosul, NATO alliance, Savas Yildiz, security forces, state-sponsorship, terror network, Turkish cops, Turkish intelligence, Turkish military, Yunus Durmaz

The elephant in NATO’s room: state-sponsorship of Daesh By Nafeez Ahmed Source: Medium – InsurgeIntelligence New evidence has emerged that

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Terrorism

The images and maps behind Iran’s “land bridge”

August 23, 2019August 25, 2019 Editor 87 Views airstrikes, Al-Ain Arabic media, Al-Qaim, al-Tanf, Albukamal, Baquba, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Center for Strategic and International Studies, David Adesnik, Deir-ez-Zor, eastern Syria, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), Franc Milburn, game plan, growing footprint, growing influence, H.R McMaster, Hanin Ghaddar, Homs, Idlib, Iranian-backed, Iraqi border, ISIS, Kirkuk, Kobani, Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), land bridge, Latakia, main priority, Martin Chulov, Mayadin, Mosul, pro-Assad fighters, Qamishli, road to the sea, satellite images, Shi'ite militias, Shi’ite Kata’ib Hezbollah, Shirqat, Sinjar, Strategic Assessment, Tel Afar, the Golan, the Mediterranean, The Washington Institute for Near East Studies, US forces, US-led Coalition forces

Allegations that Iran is constructing a swath of influence from Iran to Lebanon to link up with its Hezbollah ally,

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Iran IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Middle East & Levant News Terrorism

BREAKING: Katyusha rocket land on Mosul presidential palaces complex, hosting US instructors in Iraq

June 18, 2019June 21, 2019 Editor 286 Views Hashd Al-Shaabi, Iraqi IRGC proxy, Katyusha rockets, militia, Mosul, north of Baghdad, Presidential Palaces Compound, Taji joint US-Iraqi base, training base

ISICRC Staff A Katyusha rocket was fired at a US-Iraqi training base in the city of Mosul, late on

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Middle East & Levant Slider Terrorism

The ISIS Ambassador to Turkey

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Editor 394 Views Abu Mansour al Maghrebi, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Aleppo, Assad, Dawlah, Erdogan, Gaziantep, Harry Sarfo, ISIS, ISIS Foreign Fighters, Islamic Caliphate, Kurd, Libya, Martyr, MIT, Mosul, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Raqqa, Second World War, Sleeper Cells, Sykes Picot, Syria, Tabqa dam, Turkey, Turkish National Intelligence Organization, ummah

By Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci Source: Homeland Security In the complicated relationship between the government of Turkey and ISIS, it’s

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