Read the first instalment of our November bi-monthly MENA Report, focusing on Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan. Bi-Monthly MENA Report | November #1 2021...
In the early hours of November 7th, 2021, assassins targeted the residence of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, with explosive-laden drones. Although the Prime Minister survived relatively unscathed, the incident raised fears of growing political violence in the country. Although no susp...
Read our sample geo-political risk report from October 2021 about the key political, economic, security, and social challenges facing the MENA Region. MENA Geo-Political Risk | October 2021 | Integrity UK In this report, we focus on Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Jordan. &nbs...
The recent bouts of military escalation in Iraq have once again thrown the US-Iran proxy conflict into the spotlight, as local armed groups and US forces under the International Coalition umbrella exchange tit-for-tat attacks. In the last week alone, four attacks have been conducted on US forces in ...
Following reports last week that two people had died of Coronavirus in Iraq’s eastern neighbour, Iran, a climate of fear reigned over the country. The central and local governments began enacting measures in order to prevent the virus from entering Iraq. Over the past week several border crossings...
On Friday morning (24th January), the “million-man” march, instigated by the head of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, went ahead with demonstrators gathering in Baghdad’s Karrada and Jadriyyah neighbourhoods. The protesters carried Iraqi flags, heeding al-Sadr’s previous recommendation...
On Tuesday (14th January), the head of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called via Twitter for a “million-man” peaceful demonstration, which would demand the end of the US’ presence in Iraq and its infringement of the country’s sovereignty. This call came nine days after the Iraqi Parl...
On the early hours of Friday, the United States conducted a drone strike that killed the head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, as well as the deputy head of the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The strike, which was by a...
On Friday 29th November, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi announced that he would be submitting his resignation to Parliament. In a Facebook post, Abd al-Mahdi announced that his decision was to heed to the sermon of Ayatollah Sistani – given on the same day – which implicitly called on ...
Since the start of the protests on 1st October 2019, Iraq’s highest ranking Shi’a cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has become increasingly critical of the Iraqi Government, siding mostly with the Iraqi protesters. The majority of the 89-year-old Marja’s (Shi’a religious leader) statements ...