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Iraq

A picture of the late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C) is seen at his former home in Najaf, Iraq, February 9. (Reuters)

Only an independent Iraq can bottle Iran up

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iraq

A screengrab shows Aws al-Khafaji, commander of the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade. (MEMRI TV)

Shia militia commander detained in Iraq after criticising Iran

UN

U.N peacekeepers stand in front a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, as they patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border on December 4, 2018. (AP)

UN urges 'disarmament of all armed groups' in Lebanon

Iran

Iranian President Hassan Rohani during a meeting with finance ministry officials, last November. (DPA)

Iran’s reform camp is in crisis

Shahir Shahidsaless

Iran

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iran's first Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, left, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (AP)

Iran, Syria forge economic and trade deals

Iraq

Children of an ISIS fighter pose for a family portrait at Daquq Camp near Kirkuk, last April. (AP)

Iraq’s ‘ISIS families’ are a recipe for future conflict

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Lebanon

Activists argue with a Lebanese army officer during a protest against the failure of rival political factions to agree on forming a new government, December 23. (dpa)

Why Lebanon’s problems serve the interests of Hezbollah

Middle East

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chants slogans during a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. (AFP)

What is more challenging for the Arabs: Israel or Iran?

Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, Thursday, September 27, 2018. (AP)

Lessons of 2018 for Iraq and Palestine

Khairallah Khairallah