When I opined that U.S. President Joe Biden’s George W. Bush-era carryover foreign and security policy team would create two so-called Kurdish …
6 million illegal Captagon pills seized at Jordan-Iraq border
The Jordanian Customs Department seized one of its largest hauls of illegal drugs ever, stopping 6 million pills of Captagon at the border of Iraq.
2 IS militants killed in N. Iraq
Earlier in the day, a fierce clash erupted during an operation to hunt down IS militants in Qara-Chokh Mountain near the town of Makhmour, some 60 km southeast of Nineveh’s provincial capital Mosul, …
Jordan seizes huge amphetamine haul at Iraq border
Six million pills of Captagon, known as “the poor man’s cocaine”, were being smuggled in date paste.
Despite his claim, Joe Biden has not visited Afghanistan or Iraq as president
State of the Union address, Biden said, “I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.” We rated his statement False. The actual number was about half …
Iraq’s Central Bank moves to strengthen dinar against US dollar
Iraq’s Central Bank has a new plan to increase the value of the Iraqi dinar against the US dollar. The bank released a statement this week outlining the plan. The measures are as follows: Reducing the …
Suicide bomber detained in Iraq’s Diyala
Iraqi security forces on Saturday identified and arreseted an ISIL terrorist who was going to carry out a suicide attack in Diyala province.
Jordan battles influx of cheap amphetamines from neighboring Syria
In the first part of our series on the regional drug trade in the Middle East, we explored how crystal meth is affecting Iraq. In this segment, we turn our attention to Captagon, a cheap amphetamine …
US ally in Iraq vowed to tackle corruption. Torture and extortion followed.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi used torture and sexual violence on detainees, according to a Post investigation.
Macron calls for solving Lebanon’s problems and ‘getting rid of those who don’t know how to’
The French president called on new leadership in Lebanon, and mentioned the possibility of a regional conference similar to the one he just co-chaired on Iraq.