Baghdad (TS) – The United States (U.S.) has withdrawn its forces Sunday from a military base in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, according to a statement released by the U.S. led coalition in the Middle East. Three hundred coalition personnel left the K1 base and handed it over to Iraq’s securityContinue Reading
Baghdad (GPA) – In a recent interview with channel Alahad TV, the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq Sheikh Khazali stated that people in the Sunni provinces of Nineveh, Anbar and Salah ad-Din have now expressed a wish to join the resistance operations against the occupying American troops. It is well known thatContinue Reading
Bagdhad (TSN) – Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr has called for a “million-man march” against the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, just days after the country’s parliament voted to expel foreign troops from their territory. Through his Twitter account, the political leader expressed that “the heaven, earth, and sovereignty ofContinue Reading
Baghdad (GPA) – It’s time to debunk the common misconceptions floating around and cover important points missing in most mainstream op-eds, analysis, and Tweets about General Qasem Soleimani, the US occupation of Iraq, and Washington’s 67-year aggression against Iran. 9 Things Americans need to know about General Qasem Soleimani’s assassinationContinue Reading
Bagdhad (TNA) – Tasnim News Agency recently interviewed founder of Geopolitics Alert, Randi Nord, about the recent deadly US attack on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units. Randi described the recent US attacks on positions of Iraq’s PMU as a “clear violation” of the Arab country’s sovereignty, adding that Washington prefers toContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi (TT) – The United Arab Emirates is the name of a country that did not exist until 1971 and its geographical area was known as “the Trucial States.” On December 2, 1971, the UAE first appeared as a country on the map of the world. Today, UAE interventionsContinue Reading
Baghdad (TT) – The latest statement issued by Iraq’s supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in Iraq is undoubtedly an indicator of his intelligent and comprehensive monitoring of the situation in the country. The grand ayatollah’s efforts are intended to put a real end toContinue Reading
Baghdad (GPA) – Diyari Salih, Iraqi academic with a Ph.D. in Political Geography and writer for Iraqi Thoughts, Middle East Online and LSE spoke with Geopolitics Alert contributor Damir Nazarov about the current political situation in Iraq. While it may not be spoken of as much these days in Western media,Continue Reading
Bagdhad (AMA) – Iraq has opposed the final statement of an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia, which condemned what it called Iran’s “interference” in countries of the Middle East region. A statement by the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council and the communiqué issued after a wider summit both underlined the rightsContinue Reading
Tehran (TNA) – Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said Saudi Arabia had a role in the recent acts of sabotage in Iraq’s capital Baghdad and in the United Arab Emirates. Addressing a cultural meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Major General Mousavi said if the evidence were toContinue Reading