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Nouri al-Maliki

Kadhimi negotiates with Sadrists to keep leadership of INIS

Iraqi's politically dominant followers of Muqtada Al Sadr are looking to secure key roles in the Baghdad administration, even making inroads into the Iraqi intelligence service, Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi's stronghold.

Irakian Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

Caretaker PM Mustafa Al Kazemi maintains grip on Falcon Cell

Operations against the Islamic State, anti-corruption investigations and targeting Shiite militias are the types of jobs that fall to Iraq's elite Falcon intelligence cell. They are carried out under the leadership of prime minister and spymaster Mustafa Al Kazemi.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Moustafa al-Kazimi.

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 18/11/2020

Sunni group lobbies incoming Biden administration

Pressed to get tougher on pro-Tehran militias, Al Kazemi will have to step up his efforts to keep in Washington's good graces.

IRAQ UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 04/09/2019

Texas' Spartan Air training Iraqi pilots

The Texan firm Spartan Air Academy Iraq landed a $31 million contract in August to pursue its training of Iraqi [...]

IRAQ Government Intelligence 28/03/2018

Intelligence services outmanoeuvred by jihadist groups

Baghdad is so caught up in internal politics and regional in-fighting that it seems blind to the jihadist threat.

IRAQ Government Intelligence 07/06/2017

Commission split over INIS's foreign bureaux

The Iraqi parliament's defence and security commission is wracked by [...]

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 24/05/2017

Trump shuts Shi'ites out of white house

In a notable sign of changing attitudes at the White [...]

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 02/03/2016

Stuart Jones

Stuart Jones, the US ambassador in Iraq, is putting a [...]

Insiders IRAN UNITED KINGDOM 17/02/2016

Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community

Since leaving his post as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of John Major in the mid-1990s, Norman Lamont, now Lord Lamont of Lerwick, has made a name for himself as an adviser and lawyer to the richest business people in the Iranian diaspora in the United Kingdom.

IRAQ Government Intelligence 18/11/2015

Tension between al-Abadi and Iran

Relations are worsening between Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi [...]

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 21/10/2015

CIA and DIA monitor allies

While keeping tabs on Islamic State is its top priority, the CIA is also gathering more and more intelligence on the US' allies in Iraq.

IRAQ Government Intelligence 08/07/2015

Saadoun al-Dulaimi

Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the former Iraqi defence minister, is being tipped [...]

IRAQ RUSSIA Corporate Intelligence 11/03/2015

Gardaworld poised to lose Lukoil

According to our sources, Russian oil giant Lukoil is being pushed by the Iraqi government to put the contract to protect its facilities back out to tender.

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 28/01/2015

Congress rejects INIS chief

Snubbed by the CIA, Zuhair al-Gharbawi, the head of Iraq's intelligence service, tried to approach members of US Congress earlier this month to obtain their support. The mission failed.

RUSSIA Corporate Intelligence 28/01/2015

Rostec tightens screws on defence companies

International sales of Russian aircraft could be adversely affected by the Russian military export agency Rosoboronexport's recent takeover of the country's aeronautical industry.

IRAQ UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 15/10/2014

CIA tries pairing tribes and Baathists in Iraq

The CIA has limited room to manœuvre in Iraq at a time when the capital is threatened with assault by Islamic State jihadists.

IRAQ Government Intelligence 30/07/2014

Ali al-Deeb

Ali al-Deeb, currently serving as education minister in the Iraqi [...]

SAUDI ARABIA Government Intelligence 02/07/2014

Bandar centre stage again

The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant's (ISIS) rapid advance across northern and central Iraq has forced Saudi Arabia to turn to sacked intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan for help.

UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 02/07/2014

Kubbas corner security in Baghdad

US and European private security groups get nowhere in Iraq without the involvement of the powerful Shi'ite Kubba dynasty.

IRAQ Government Intelligence 18/06/2014

"King of Clubs" has hand in Mosul

Izzat Al-Douri, Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man and head of the outlawed Baath Party, helped mastermind ISIS' capture of Mosul.

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Nouri al-Maliki

Kadhimi negotiates with Sadrists to keep leadership of INIS

Caretaker PM Mustafa Al Kazemi maintains grip on Falcon Cell

Sunni group lobbies incoming Biden administration

Texas' Spartan Air training Iraqi pilots

Intelligence services outmanoeuvred by jihadist groups

Commission split over INIS's foreign bureaux

Trump shuts Shi'ites out of white house

Stuart Jones

Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community

Tension between al-Abadi and Iran

CIA and DIA monitor allies

Saadoun al-Dulaimi

Gardaworld poised to lose Lukoil

Congress rejects INIS chief

Rostec tightens screws on defence companies

CIA tries pairing tribes and Baathists in Iraq

Ali al-Deeb

Bandar centre stage again

Kubbas corner security in Baghdad

"King of Clubs" has hand in Mosul

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