Tehran seems just as enthusiastic about the new prime minister as Washington—a telling sign that the militia-dominated status quo in Baghdad will be difficult and slow to change, if it changes at all. On May 14, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack congratulated Iraq’s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi on the …

A senior commander from Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed faction, was killed and his aide seriously wounded on Thursday when an explosive device detonated in their vehicle. Iraq finds itself at a new crossroads. Will it rein in Iranian-backed militias, or let them continue to hollow out the …

Cybersecurity experts consider Chinese security cameras to be a risk. This has not deterred Czech institutions from purchasing these cameras again this year. They can be found in military facilities and on the facade of the Prague headquarters of the very cyber agency that warns against them. Investigace.cz has mapped …