Iraq Struggles to Disarm Militias Amid US-Iran Tug-of-War
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Iraq struggles to disarm militias amid US-Iran tug-of-war
Esmail Qaani has a habit of not announcing his visits to Baghdad. He simply appears, meets whoever needs meeting, and leaves before most Iraqis know he was there.His trip on August 10 was no different. The commander of Iran’s Quds Force, the branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for backing armed allies abroad, met with Iraqi militia commanders and officials from the Coordination Framework, the alliance of Iran-aligned S…
This meeting continues the commitments made last month in Tehran during the visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Ali Faleh al-Zaidi.
The main negotiator and president of the Iranian parliament stressed the importance of strengthening the "new regional order" during a visit to Iraq and denounced "foreign interference" in the region.
Iran’s Ghalibaf in Iraq to push regional cooperation
Baghdad — Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening the “new order” in the region, on the first stop in a three-day visit to Iraq. Ghalibaf’s trip comes at a time when Iraq is facing American pressure to disarm factions close to Tehran, which wields significant political influence in Iraq. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who took office three months ago with US backing, has pledged to r…
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