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.
"We are all al-Saadi": The controversy around Iraq's PM and the removal of CTS commander
Recent reports about the PMU's role in Iraq
Media timeline II of PMU and alleged airstrikes, tensions
Timeline: Tracking reports of mysterious explosions and "airstrikes" in Iraq directed at PMU bases
Tensions Follow Iraqi Government Decision to Withdraw the Hashd Al-Shaabi from the Nineveh Plain
An Iraqi-Kurdish MP discusses the importance of good relations with Baghdad
Protesters target Bahrain embassy in Baghdad
Iran's FM Zarif meets Badr's Hadi al-Amiri
How Iraq's Shia militias are reacting to the rocket attack on the Green Zone and US embassy area
Yazidi ruling helps children of women kidnapped by ISIS return
The Arrest of Aws al-Khafaji: Looking at the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces
Will ferry disaster in Mosul have broad political ramifications
Can Iraq and Kurdistan rebuild and stabilize Sinjar?
The Fall of the Caliphate
Interview and report: ISIS ambushes Hashd al-Shaabi (PMU) on Kirkuk-Makhmur road
Who will help save the Yazidis
Signs in Basra extol Shi'ite groups, fallen in the war on ISIS and Iranian leaders
Report: Bombing targets Director of National Security for Mosul, latest in rising attacks by ISIS
Iran officials predict greater influence in Iraq and US withdrawal from Middle East
Implications and ramifications after Kurdish protesters enter Turkish base in KRG, northern Iraq