Two elite Marine Raiders killed in Iraq

Two US Marines were killed on March 8 which advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate ISIS. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 10, 2020 17:09 US Army soldiers keep watch on the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020 (photo credit: DOD/LT. COL. ADRIAN WEALE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Two US Marines […]

The massive – but reversible – defeats of Iran and Turkey

With our attention focused on other things – Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump’s peace plan, to name just a few – profound strategic shifts have upended the strategic balance in the Middle East. Israel’s two most formidable adversaries – Iran and Turkey – both came […]

Iraqi MP: ‘Deal of the Century’ to transfer Palestinians to Iraq

The MP claimed that the US is preparing a large area of the al-Anbar desert for Palestinian families. JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 19, 2020 11:54 Iraqi people burn a U.S. flag and a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump in a protest after an airstrike at the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah militia group in Qaim, […]

Iraq’s pro-Iran politicians allege US conspiracy

The US is the leader of the anti-ISIS Coalition and has been training Iraq and spent hundreds of millions to help Iraq defeat ISIS. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 17, 2020 12:16 An Iraqi parliament member slammed the US in an interview over the weekend, alleging the Americans want to “destabilize” Iraq and that the US […]

Iraq gives NATO green light to stay for training and advising: Stoltenberg

2020-02-14     /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e466bb2c2cb2_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e466bb2c2cb2_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 A.M.) -NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the organisation had received the green-light to stay in Iraq for training and advisory purposes. He made the comments during a press briefing held […]

Inside Iran’s push to get Hezbollah to take a role in Iraq

Why is Hezbollah the go-to, with thousands of fighters and support base barely in the hundreds of thousands, when Iraqi Shi’ites number in the millions? By SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 12, 2020 09:49 After the US killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iran […]

United States to Extend Waiver for Iraq to Import Iranian Energy: Iraqi Officials

by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Gas flares from oil production platforms in the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, July 25, 2005. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi / File. The United States has agreed to extend a waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy supplies, including gas, two Iraqi government officials said on Monday. […]

US Troops Already Started Leaving Iraq, Country’s Lawmaker Reportedly Says

The Iraqi Parliament earlier voted for a non-binding motion to terminate all foreign military presence in the country, thus demanding US forces to vacate their bases and leave Iraqi territory as soon as possible. Washington, however, stated that it intends to stay in Iraq no matter what. US soldiers have already started withdrawing from 15 […]

US agreed to fight Iran in Iraq while Israel fights it in Syria — Bennett

Defense minister expresses opposition to reliance on mainly bombing Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah, saying most convoys will get through anyway Nati YefetJudah Ari GrossToday, 11:08 am Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, left, meets with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. (US Department of Defense) Jerusalem and Washington have divided […]