“Know that US today’s sanctions on Iraqi figures close to Iran and discovering missiles ready aiming at Baghdad are not irrelevant to the big project of increasing the tension of western countries for political future of Iraq. The anger is due to popularity of Marja in Iraq and his leadership and influence on people’s protests, […]
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to relatives of Moqtada al-Sadr, his residence in Najaf Ashraf has been attacked by drone.
ISWNews Analysis Group: US Treasury put four Iraqis in the sanction list due to violating human rights and corruption.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Karbalaei, representative of Ayatullah Sistani, emphasized on selection of the new Prime Minister and keeping the protests peaceful.
UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq: In the two months since protests started 460 people died and 17 thousands wounded.
In recent days some rioters attacking Ayatullah Hakim’s shrine in Najaf tried to sabotage and set it on fire which faced protectors of shrine and the increased damages were prevented.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Unknown sources have targeted the Ayn al-Assad airbase in Anbar province with five rockets.
ISWNews Analysis Group: ISIS terrorist used the chaos in Iraq and attacked security forces in Fallujah and Diyala provinces.
While Iraq is going through difficult days, Nechirvan Barzani Chief of Kurdistan Iqlim and Masrur Barzani Chief of local government of Iqlim, who are cousins, traveled to Abu Dhabi by UAE’s invitation for the second time in recent month.
From two days ago protesters in Sunni provinces came out and the protests started from universities. Students gathering in some universities in Mosul, Tikrit, Anbar and Kirkuk showed their support for protests.
Abdul-Mahdi ‘s unstable cabinet ended, let’s remember how he was assigned. Abdul-Mahdi, unlike previous PMs, did not candidate himself for the position but others asked him. He was mainly decided by Muqtada Sadr and Muhammad Reza Sistani (son of Ayatullah Sistani).
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Iraqi parliament have approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s resignation during a parliament session in Baghdad.
