Since the beginning of this year, the Iraqi Government has found itself struggling to manage an escalating recreational drug use epidemic, leading to increased levels of addiction and cross-border smuggling, as well as the domestic production of drugs. According to experts, arrests for the possessio...

Since mid-July, a series of drone strikes, allegedly conducted by Israel, have targeted the bases and weapons depots belonging to some of the Iranian-backed factions of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU). On Sunday, a drone strike at an outpost held by the PMU’s 45th Brigade near al-Qaim ...