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href="/authors/shelly-kittleson.html" title="Shelly Kittleson">Shelly Kittleson</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Baghdad</strong>, reporting on <strong>Iraqi politics</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/suadad-al-salhy" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-10/Suadad%20al-Salhy%20headshot.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=f2aYcjXq" width="480" height="480" alt="Suadad al-Salhy headshot" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/suadad-al-salhy" title="Suadad al-Salhy">Suadad al-Salhy</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Baghdad</strong>, reporting on <strong>politics and security</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain"> <div class="divider divider--default u-position--relative u-padding--8" style="color:currentColor;" aria-hidden='true'> <hr class="u-position--absolute" style='background-color=currentColor'> <div class="divider__diamonds"> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-c35e764a3ba9d732a8849051a1185f13663983befc60f95ff5565d05eeb2c3f9 view--taxonomy-term view--taxonomy-term--chrono"> <section class="section section--taxonomy-term-chrono section--gallery-4 section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain view-content grid--featured-content grid--gallery-4"> <article class="card card--interview card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/iraqs-sudani-us-troop-withdrawal-does-not-mean-end-security-relationship" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2173771971%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=5jy6GS7L" width="870" height="489" alt="Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2024. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--interview u-text-color--interview"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Interview </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/iraqs-sudani-us-troop-withdrawal-does-not-mean-end-security-relationship" > Iraq's Sudani: US troop withdrawal does not mean end of security relationship </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/iraqs-sudani-us-troop-withdrawal-does-not-mean-end-security-relationship" > At an event hosted by Al-Monitor and the US Chamber of Commerce, the prime minister discussed Iraq’s plan to achieve energy independence by 2030 and his desire to drawdown the US military presence in the country. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-09/sudani.png?h=c8ad8b3d&itok=1pzzTRGN" alt="Mohammed Shia al-Sudani" /> </picture> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline"></span> <span class="subtitle--l">Mohammed Shia al-Sudani</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">Prime Minister of Iraq</div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/commander-iraqs-kataib-hezbollah-killed-israeli-strike-syria" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1819858725.jpg?h=3c7c14d6&itok=3he0euzN" width="870" height="489" alt="Fighters lift flags of Iraq and paramilitary groups, including al-Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, during a funeral in Baghdad for five militants killed a day earlier in a US strike in northern Iraq, on December 4, 2023. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/commander-iraqs-kataib-hezbollah-killed-israeli-strike-syria" > Commander in Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah killed in Israeli strike in Syria </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/commander-iraqs-kataib-hezbollah-killed-israeli-strike-syria" > The Iran-backed group said Abu Haidar al-Khafaji had been a security advisor in Damascus. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/irans-pezeshkian-concludes-historic-visit-iraq-talks-trade-border-security" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2170727284.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=EhW0i5UT" width="870" height="489" alt="SAFIN HAMID/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/irans-pezeshkian-concludes-historic-visit-iraq-talks-trade-border-security" > Iran’s Pezeshkian concludes 'historic' visit to Iraq with talks on trade, border security </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/irans-pezeshkian-concludes-historic-visit-iraq-talks-trade-border-security" > Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized Iraq’s economic and security significance to the Islamic Republic in his visit, though he did not visit Sunni areas. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/IMG_9342.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=hsMyFzZN" alt="Adam Lucente" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Adam Lucente</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>New York City</strong>, reporting on <strong>regional news, militancy, climate change</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/whats-behind-flurry-isis-attacks-europe" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2167784334%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=9LKhnKU7" width="870" height="489" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses media after a visit at the site of a knife attack in Solingen, Western Germany, on August 26, 2024. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/whats-behind-flurry-isis-attacks-europe" > What’s behind the flurry of ISIS attacks in Europe? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/whats-behind-flurry-isis-attacks-europe" > ISIS’ network in Europe includes an older generation of fighters who have returned from Iraq and Syria, as well as younger, self-radicalized ones that are harder to contain, said one expert. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/IMG_9342.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=hsMyFzZN" alt="Adam Lucente" /> </picture> </a> <a class="link" href="/authors/rosaleen-carroll" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-08/Rosaleen%20Carroll.png?h=968ac6a2&itok=Bp_xOrWO" alt="Rosaleen Carroll" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > Adam Lucente </a> , <a class="link" href="/authors/rosaleen-carroll" > Rosaleen Carroll </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/irans-new-air-base-near-border-turkey-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1871822850.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=5DC0Ue8C" width="870" height="489" alt="This handout picture provided by the Iranian Army office on Dec. 24, 2023, shows soldiers attending the unveiling ceremony of a new missile system." /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/irans-new-air-base-near-border-turkey-what-we-know" > Iran’s new air base near border with Turkey: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/irans-new-air-base-near-border-turkey-what-we-know" > The unveiling of the base near the Turkish border comes amid Iranian concerns about Azerbaijan and Kurdish groups in Iraq. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/iran" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#iran"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Iran</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/eve-irans-pezeshkian-visit-iraq-jostles-shiite-space-amid-rivalries" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2167287852.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=V729JrFM" width="870" height="489" alt="Shiite Muslim devotees attend mourning rituals in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Karbala on August 23, 2024 ahead of the Arbaeen commemorations that mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh century killing of the Prophet Mohamed's grandson Imam Hussein ibn Ali. (Photo by Ali Abdul Wahid / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by ALI ABDUL WAHID/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/eve-irans-pezeshkian-visit-iraq-jostles-shiite-space-amid-rivalries" > On eve of Iran’s Pezeshkian visit, Iraq jostles for Shiite space amid rivalries </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/eve-irans-pezeshkian-visit-iraq-jostles-shiite-space-amid-rivalries" > Ahead of a top-level visit by Iran’s new president, Iraq seems to be garnering greater attention as the go-to place for Shiites looking for an alternative to its eastern neighbor. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/shelly-kittleson.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-08/Shelly%20Kittleson.jpg?h=5c8fff19&itok=Z57PnB_3" alt="Shelly Kittleson" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/shelly-kittleson.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Shelly Kittleson</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Baghdad</strong>, reporting on <strong>Iraqi politics</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/turkish-soldier-killed-pkk-clash-iraqi-kurdistan-baghdad-presses-ankara-withdraw" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1252603178.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=m_r8cwTQ" width="870" height="489" alt="In this picture taken on April 25, 2023, mountains overlook the village of Hiror near the Turkish border in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, where firefights occur between the Turkish army and fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/turkish-soldier-killed-pkk-clash-iraqi-kurdistan-baghdad-presses-ankara-withdraw" > Turkish soldier killed in PKK clash in Iraqi Kurdistan as Baghdad presses Ankara to withdraw </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/turkish-soldier-killed-pkk-clash-iraqi-kurdistan-baghdad-presses-ankara-withdraw" > Recent civilian deaths have reignited calls from Iraqi officials for the withdrawal of thousands of Turkish troops deployed across Iraqi Kurdistan. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/turkey" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#turkey"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Turkey</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/us-iraq-raids-puts-scrutiny-baghdads-ability-contain-isis" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1957768212.jpg?h=f15b89ee&itok=nqzxk8i_" width="870" height="489" alt="HADI MIZBAN/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/us-iraq-raids-puts-scrutiny-baghdads-ability-contain-isis" > US-Iraq raids puts scrutiny on Baghdad’s ability to contain ISIS </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/us-iraq-raids-puts-scrutiny-baghdads-ability-contain-isis" > Seven US troops were injured during raids to take down senior Islamic State operatives in Iraq’s western Anbar province last week amid a spike in ISIS attacks. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/iraq" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#iraq"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Iraq</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/civilian-toll-rises-turkeys-attacks-against-kurdish-militants-iraq" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-2167230644.jpg?h=15c137b6&itok=-adMlBbe" width="870" height="489" alt="The mother (C) and father (2-R) of one of two women journalists killed in a drone strike walk past Kurdish Asayish security forces." /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/civilian-toll-rises-turkeys-attacks-against-kurdish-militants-iraq" > Civilian toll rises in Turkey’s attacks against Kurdish militants in Iraq </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/civilian-toll-rises-turkeys-attacks-against-kurdish-militants-iraq" > The recent spike in Turkish attacks comes at an especially critical time as Iraq's Kurdistan Region prepares to hold long-delayed parliamentary elections. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/turkey" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#turkey"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Turkey</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/09/after-33-years-whats-behind-switzerland-reopening-embassy-iraq" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-09/GettyImages-1537337403.jpg?h=03c8d48f&itok=mruRxO74" width="870" height="489" alt="Kurt Reiniger, Swiss diplomat in charge of humanitarian affairs (L), arrives at the Swiss Embassy in Baghdad, on February 2, 2001. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/09/after-33-years-whats-behind-switzerland-reopening-embassy-iraq" > After 33 years, what’s behind Switzerland reopening embassy in Iraq? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/09/after-33-years-whats-behind-switzerland-reopening-embassy-iraq" > Switzerland closed its embassy in Baghdad in 1991 amid the Gulf War and is seeking cooperation with Iraq on migration amid an influx into Europe. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/iraq" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#iraq"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Iraq</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/08/iraq-says-14-isis-members-killed-airstrikes" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-08/GettyImages-869813922%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=2cBhYOkI" width="870" height="489" alt="Iraqi fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State (IS) group flag as they enter the city of Al Qaim as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on November 3, 2017. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/08/iraq-says-14-isis-members-killed-airstrikes" > Iraq says 14 ISIS members killed in airstrikes </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/08/iraq-says-14-isis-members-killed-airstrikes" > Iraqi forces said ISIS leaders were among those killed in the desert strikes, as discussions on the US troop presence in the country and the group’s persistence in neighboring Syria continue. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/iraq" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#iraq"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Iraq</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image 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