Fallujah is icon of ISIS and of Qaeda Iraq before it. The pressure on PM Abadi from Iranian proxies explains why the operation contradicted U.S.'s strong desire to focus on Mosul and other operations before turning to Fallujah Operation Inherent Resolve Col. ..…
The protests have broken nearly two years of relative stability in Iraq. They have spread from Baghdad across the mainly Shi’ite south and met with a security crackdown that killed over 250 people. . ..…
Adding a level of complexity is the current political situation in Iraq, where thousands of protesters across central and south Iraq are calling for the prime minister and his cabinet to resign. ..…