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The role of Iraq’s influential Shiite clerics is changing. Here’s how. Marsin Alshamary - February 4, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83379" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Qais al-Khazali, the leader of the
After several high-profile murders in Iraq, here’s what headlines missed about their cause. Zahra Ali - October 15, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78816" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this image from Oct. 1,
What Iraq’s election means for its Shiite militias Ranj Alaaldin - May 12, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/baghdad-residents-vote-in-parliamentary-election/2018/05/12/77c31d4c-55d0-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_video.html Today's parliamentary elections in Iraq are the country’s first since the Islamic
Who's fighting the Islamic State? Five things you need to know about militias in civil wars. - September 21, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29541" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] In this Saturday, June 14, 2014
Who’s fighting the Islamic State? Five things you need to know about militias in civil wars. Stathis Kalyvas, Livia Schubiger, and Corinna Jentzsch - September 21, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29541" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] In this Saturday, June 14, 2014
Informal counterinsurgency from Iraq to Nigeria: Who pays the price? Sabine Carey and Neil J. Mitchell - December 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19420" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Iraqi soldiers supported by volunteers from