MECRA RESEARCH BLOG
The MECRA research blog is composed of short articles and may include outside contributions. The views expressed in these blogs and articles are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis editorial stance.
Shamkhani's Iraq visit: Shoring up Tehran's role
US-Iran and Israel-Iran tensions timeline 2020 January to March
Who is Abu Fadak, Abdul-Aziz al-Muhammadawi, the man who will replace Muhandis?
Escalation: Nujaba's Kaabi and the February 16 rocket attack on US forces in Iraq
Who is Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Iraq's possible next Prime Minister
An interview with a senior officer of a special unit of Hashd al Shaabi (PMU)
Analysis: Implications of the Soleimani killing
What is known about rocket attack that killed a US contractor and wounded several US forces in Iraq
An interview with a member of the pro-Iran Khorasani militia, captured by protestors in Baghdad
A defector from the Badr Organization in Iraq details its operations and his story
Who is Qais al-Khazali, the Iraqi militia leader sanctioned by the US on December 6?
Keeping ISIS defeated in Syria and Iraq, an interview with Coalition spokesman Caggins
A "massacre" in Nasiriyah in Iraq as Iraqi protests reach two month turning point
Photo essay: Iraq's two months of protests: Inside the everyday life of the protesters' camp
Increasing evidence of Iran's role in crackdown on protests in Iraq
Sources close to PMU reveal role of Badr, AAH and pro-Iranian groups in suppressing Iraqi protests
The US Syria withdrawal Oct 6-23: Documents, maps and confusion
PHOTO ESSAY: The refugees fleeing Turkey's offensive in Syria
Reactions of Iraqi political leaders to protests
On the frontlines of the protests in Baghdad: "Friday we will see armed struggle"