IRAQ : Baghdad's plan to dismantle regular army

LEBANON 27/12/2017

A Shi'ite Army to join Hezbollah in battling Israel ?

During a set of meetings held recently in Damascus and Tehran, the general staff of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (or Pasdarans) [...]

UNITED STATES QATAR 05/04/2017

Doha picks odd bedfellow to seek release of royal hostages in Iraq

A rather unusual team is operating to bring about the release of members of the Qatari royal family held in Iraq for over a year. [...]

IRAQ SYRIA 22/02/2017

Assad appeals to Badr

A Syrian security delegation made up of air force intelligence [...]

IRAQ YEMEN 11/01/2017

Popular Mobilisation Forces head for Sanaa

According to sources in Baghdad and Sanaa, the Iranian Pasdaran [...]

IRAQ 07/12/2016

Iraqi Pasdaran given official status by Baghdad

While the attention of the military - and the media - is focused on the battle for Mosul, Baghdad has recently passed a law reorganising the armed forces that looks set to spark trouble in the country. [...]

IRAQ 26/10/2016

Al Kaabi, Badr’s rising star

Sheikh Akram Al Kaabi is growing in stature as a [...]

IRAQ 15/06/2016

Faleh Al Fayad

Faleh Al Fayad, the evergreen national security advisor to Haider [...]

IRAQ 18/05/2016

Haider Al Abadi

Haider Al Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, no longer trusts [...]

FRANCE 13/04/2016

Amarante International

Amarante International and Geos, the French private security companies headed [...]

IRAQ 06/01/2016

Iraq mobilises against anti-militia list

Faleh al-Fayad, the national security advisor to Haider Al Abadi, [...]

IRAQ 18/11/2015

Hassan Nasrallah

Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, is going to withdraw [...]

IRAQ 08/07/2015

Abu Dhabi agrees to deliver missiles

Although it has been reticent to support the Iraqi government since the emergence of Islamic State (IS), also known as [...]

IRAN 08/07/2015

The Pasdaran

The Pasdaran, or Iran's Revolutionary Guard, could soon see its [...]

FRANCE IRAQ 24/06/2015

Training Iraq's counter-terrorist forces

Negotiations are in full swing between the French defence ministry, the French military exports body ODAS and private security companies for a highly-strategic contract to train Iraq's special forces. [...]

IRAQ 24/06/2015

Military recruitment offices open for business

Observers in Iraq report that recruitment offices for militia forces [...]

IRAQ UNITED STATES 27/05/2015

Obama for creation of Kurdish army

Against a backdrop of internal power struggles and regional differences, Massoud Barzani, the head of the autonomous regional government of Kurdistan, is keen to rapidly establish an autonomous army. [...]

IRAQ 13/05/2015

Al-Hakim asked to help rein in Shi'ite militia groups

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi has appealed to Sheik [...]

IRAQ UNITED STATES 08/04/2015

IDS: Civil advisors to combat Islamic State

The Civil-military mission support specialist IDS International has been hired to strengthen the anti-Daesh alliance between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga. [...]

IRAN IRAQ YEMEN 25/03/2015

Iran asks Hezbollah for help in Iraq and Yemen

Lebanon's Hezbollah is to send new battalions of military advisors to support its ally Iran on its various fronts. [...]

IRAQ IRAN 11/03/2015

Suleimani prepares Iraqi Pasdaran

To win the battle for control of Tikrit, Qassem Suleimani, [...]

IRAQ 01/10/2014

Al Abadi’s Sunni national guard

Iraqi prime minister Haider Al-Abadi, is looking to establish an [...]

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Baghdad's plan to dismantle regular army

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