Category Archives: Iraq-Iran-Militias

Showdown looming in Iraq

31st October 2015 Salah Nasrawi Leave a comment

Showdown looming in Iraq Baghdad seems to be bracing itself for an almighty bout of arm-wrestling, with its dysfunctional government on the one side and the Shia militias on the other, writes Salah Nasrawi On 20 October, one of the commanders of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Force (PMF), Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, posted a letter to Prime […]

Iraq-Iran-Militias

More than just IS

2nd April 2015 Salah Nasrawi Leave a comment

This article appeared in Al Ahram Weekly on April 2, 2015.The paper went to print before the Iraqi military started its operation to root out IS militants from Tikrit in collaboration with the Shia militias. The participation of the militias highlights the challenges to the overall campaign against IS and US-Iranian competition in Iraq which […]

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