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Tensions between Iraq's "resistance" groups are on the rise, with Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba claiming that its online platforms and street protests are being targeted.

The official ban on their favorite social media app may be temporary, but their response has highlighted divisions within the Shia militia milieu.

French President Emmanuel Macron held a telephone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday, during which Macron reaffirmed France's support to Iraq in its war against terrorism. Macron telephoned Sudani after a member of the French Special Forces was killed during a clash with ISIS terrorists in Saladin Governorate, north of Iraq.

Several Iraqi political parties urged the postponement of the provincial elections, scheduled for 18 December, while some say they will boycott the electoral process. 

Photos of US military convoys moving in separate cities are circulating on the local media in Iraq amid reports that the Shiite factions are “aware of an imminent operation, and have been asked to avoid escalation.” However, Major General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, denied in a televised statement any US military movements. In turn, a government official told Asharq Al-Awsat that the alleged movements “are limited to locations outside the Iraqi b...

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The kidnapping of the Russian-Israeli Princeton University doctoral student and Middle East analyst, Elizabeth Tsurkov, in Baghdad is the latest indication of who really runs Iraq. The Kataib Hezbollah organization, identified by the government of Israel

BEHIND THE LINES: Kataib Hezbollah, in addition to being a coalition partner in Iraq, is a component in a structure seeking the absorption of the Iraqi state by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Months of calm have been followed by a slew of controversies that have drawn in the international community. There may be more to it than meets the eye, officials say

For the past three months, the Kurdish region in northern Iraq and its government, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) have been facing one of the most