Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with IranTrump set dissolution of Iraq’s PMF as a precondition for talks with Iran, but the fact is that this voluntary force is deep-rooted in Iraq.
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
The armed groups ruling Syria have stepped up their purge campaign against minorities, risking wider violence in the future. Alwaght- While after fall of President Bashar al-Assad and rise to power of the armed groups in Syria the Syrians hoped that the security will be protected and there will be n ...
US,despite its showy anti-terror coalition, was backing ISIS against Iraqi forces and when ISIS leaders were encircled, the American helicopters carried them to safety. There are even report of the US forces airdropping weapons to ISIS terrorists.
Alla al-Nashoo, an Iraqi security expert, com ...
US. However, as the war lasted longer in Gaza, the US directly stepped in and tried to save the Israeli regime from the swamp is was sinking in. If it was not for the American help, Tel Aviv would have moved towards collapse. So, the US involvement shifted the equations and somehow changed the condi ...
US President Donald Trump, he can force Turkey to retreat from its positions in order to protect the Kurds from threats by this country.
Erbil's concerns and challenges
Erbil leaders are afraid that Turkish and Tahrir Al-Sham attacks against and disarmament of the Syrian Kurds who had a role i ...
US-led camp for political and security drivers and Washington's pressure kept Islamabad from bolstering bilateral cooperation with Tehran, but in the past two years, relations between Pakistan and the US have gone chilly.
Given the global geopolitical changes, the US is now leaning towards part ...
US is pushing to dissolve anti-terror Iraq’s PMF as Washington finds it a firm obstacle ahead of its plots in Iraq and region. Alwaght- With the assumption of power by Donald Trump, the prospects of the US tensions with the rivals and even the international partners are gaining weight and politician ...
Armed groups in Syria seem to be implementing an Israeli agenda to destabilize Lebanon. Alwaght- While the Lebanese people after a year of conflict with the Israeli regime were optimistic that they will re-embrace calm with the ceasefire deal, another front was opened recently against them before Is ...
US to disband the PMF. Iraqi officials have dismissed these claims, however.
Foreign pressures on the PMF
There is no doubt that any action against the PMF should be tracked to the US, which since foundation of this popular force has struggled to deal blows to it by any means to drive it out of Ir ...
The coast of Syria is home to ports and infrastructure that are key to the country’s trade and geopolitical position. Alwaght- While only three months have gone since fall of the government of Bashar al-Assad and seizure of power by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in Syria, armed movements against the ne ...
US government reported Trump sending a letter to Iran and setting a two-month deadline for Tehran to start the negotiations. Amid the reactions to the content of the letter, Iranian ambassador to Iraq revealed that the American President demanded the dissolution of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Fo ...