According to some media outlets, including Iran International, thousands of Iraqi militiamen have already crossed into Iran to help Tehran quell the ongoing protests. “There is no interest or justification for the Iraqi government to send reserve forces to Tehran, nor does Iran need additional reinforcements from Baghdad,” Sheikh Ghaith Al-Tamimi, a prominent Iraqi scholar … Read more
The Iraqi government on Sunday said that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities in the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region where US troops remain. Iraq’s defense ministry said the final contingent of US advisers had left Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq’s western Anbar province, which has hosted … Read more
Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means girls can marry based on perceived “maturity and physical ability”. Baghdad’s bride industry has seen a huge boom since Iraq outlawed child marriage, and human rights groups have warned that girls are being auctioned off in black market sales to elderly men, a Sunday Times … Read more