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IRAN SUBVERTS IRAQ:  SHIA DOMINATION OR CIVIL WAR

9/9/2022

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Spring 2022 Issue
Is Iraq on the brink of a new civil war?
Followers of Iraqi Shi'a cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr and those of the Iran-aligned Coordination Framework clashed in downtown Baghdad on Aug. 29. Iraqis spent that evening wondering whether the country was descending into an intra-Shi'a civil war.
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Pakistan at 75: The clock has run out for business as usual
On Aug. 14, Pakistan marked its 75th independence day, like many of the preceding 74, in a state of political and economic crisis. Days later, epic floods would befall the country, submerging a third of it under water. Pakistan can no longer afford business as usual.
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On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion About America’s Enemies
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Al Qaeda once again has a safe haven in Afghanistan, endangering Americans.
​Egypt to issue bonds in China’s currency yuan
The US dollar may be losing its dominance in the Middle East to the yuan.
Netanyahu orchestrates merger between far-right Israeli parties
 In an effort to guarantee a 61-seat majority at the Nov. 1 elections, opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu mediated and pushed far-right Religious Zionism and ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir to run on one ticket.
How realistic is Erdogan’s vision for security belt from Syria to Iraq?
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is bent on creating an “end-to-end” security belt along Turkey’s southern borders with Syria and Iraq — a vision too ambitious given the political and topographic conditions of the areas in question.
Oman’s economy surges with higher oil prices, fiscal reform
 The Omani economy is benefiting from both higher oil and gas revenues and the country’s fiscal policies and discipline.
Amid increasing tensions between militias, Muqtada al-Sadr calls for reforming the PMU
 Rival Shiite armed factions took their fight to Iraq’s key port city as leaders officially called for calm and closed offices.
Turkey’s inflation tops 80% as poverty deepens
 Even though Turkey’s economy continued to expand in the second quarter, the share of payments to employees dropped to the lowest level since Erdogan’s party came to power two decades ago.
​Western Sahara dispute spills into Tunisia
 A diplomatic crisis is brewing in the Maghreb region amid tension between Morocco and Tunisia after President Kais Saied received the leader of the Polisario Front.
​Power struggle continues in Libya
 Recent deadly clashes have alarmed regional and international powers, as civilians fear displacement and a shortage of medicine and food.
The Case Against Assad
by Nawaf Obaid, Joel D. Rayburn via The CaravanFor more than eleven years there has been precious little accountability as Bashar al-Assad and his Syrian regime have committed the worst atrocities of the twenty-first century, but mounting documentary evidence of Assad’s deliberate policy of mass murder and torture may change that.
Syria: A Dictatorial Regime And Its Continuing Crimes
by Anwar Al-Bunni Via The CaravanThe Syrian regime is guilty of terrible war crimes - the killing of civilians, destruction of property, and the use of chemical weapons against defenseless civilian populations.
Erdoğan Protects ISIS Network in Turkey  by Abdullah Bozkurt
Nordic Monitor
September 5, 2022

https://www.meforum.org/63550/erdogan-protects-isis-network-in-turkey
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