Iraq
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Security & Defense
Iraq’s Resistance Weapons at the Jurf al-Sakhr Crossroads: Actors’ Moves and Future Scenarios
Iraq is facing a struggle over weapons control, resistance groups, and the future of its security architecture.
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Atlas Exclusive
Funeral in Najaf: The Geopolitics of a Ritual in the Age of Narrative Warfare
The choice of Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi al-Hakim to lead the funeral prayer turned the ceremony into a message about the…
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Atlas Exclusive
By Assigning Three Portfolios to Tom Barrack, Washington Seeks to Link Security, State-Building, and Energy in West Asia
Tom Barrack’s appointment as the U.S. president’s special envoy for Syria and Iraq, while he remains U.S. ambassador to Turkey,…