Hashd al-Shaabi fighters gathered around Tal Afar Airport, west of Mosul, in Aug. 2017. (Credit: AFP)
Iraq faces uncertainty about its next steps. Since the start of the war in Gaza over a year ago, Iraq has been making efforts to limit its involvement in the multiple fronts of a conflict that has spread throughout the region.However, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on Dec. 8 has raised concerns in neighboring Iraq about the future of the Coordination Framework — the ruling Shiite coalition in Baghdad — and about the sustainability of Iran-backed militias deployed across the country. Read more The ‘Post-Jihadism’ of HTS: An ideological transformation Iraq served as a central link in the Tehran-led ‘Axis of Resistance,’ allowing the transfer of ammunition and resources to Hezbollah from Iran to Syria, while serving as the Islamic Republic's last geographic buffer in its confrontation with Israel.The end of Assad's reign...
Iraq faces uncertainty about its next steps. Since the start of the war in Gaza over a year ago, Iraq has been making efforts to limit its involvement in the multiple fronts of a conflict that has spread throughout the region.However, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria on Dec. 8 has raised concerns in neighboring Iraq about the future of the Coordination Framework — the ruling Shiite coalition in Baghdad — and about the sustainability of Iran-backed militias deployed across the country. Read more The ‘Post-Jihadism’ of HTS: An ideological transformation Iraq served as a central link in the Tehran-led ‘Axis of Resistance,’ allowing the transfer of ammunition and resources to Hezbollah from Iran to Syria, while serving as the Islamic Republic's last geographic buffer in its confrontation with Israel.The end of...
