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Oct 30, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Mohammed Salih
On October 4, the Israeli military announced that two of its soldiers were killed in a drone attack on the Golan Heights by Iraqi armed factions. This attack reverberated across Iraq, marking the first lethal strike by these groups against Israel.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
fpri.org | Mohammed Salih
Home / Articles / Iraqi Kurdistan’s Parliamentary Elections: Resilience, Challenges, and US Policy Stakes Crucial parliamentary elections were held in Iraqi Kurdistan after a two-year delay in late October, paving the way for renewing the legitimacy of the autonomous region’s governing institutions.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
fpri.org | Mohammed Salih
Home / Articles / Pezeshkian and Iran’s Regional Policy: Continuity and Grappling with Structural ConstraintsIran’s regional policy during President Masoud Pezeshkian’s term will maintain continuity rather than change. Pezeshkian has demonstrated commitment to the Islamic Republic’s ongoing regional priorities and support for the Axis of Resistance members, Iran’s main tool of regional domination.
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May 6, 2024 | 
fpri.org | Mohammed Salih
Current US policy in Syria is inherently contradictory and destined to be counterproductive in the long run by focusing too narrowly on counterterrorism while neglecting other critical areas. A strategic recalibration of US policy is needed that is centered on boosting the northeast Syria region and bringing about broader stability in the country to counter the ISIS threat effectively.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Mohammed Salih
February 21 was a highly anticipated day in Iraq as the country’s Federal Supreme Court (FSC) convened, following several delays, to deliver rulings on two crucial issues concerning the autonomous Kurdistan region and its longstanding disputes with the federal government in Baghdad.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
brill.com | Mohammed Salih
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
newlinesmag.com | Mohammed Salih
As we transition to 2024, the news out of the Middle East remains filled with doom and gloom — horrific violence in Israel and Palestine as Turkey unleashes a bombing campaign against Kurds in Syria. In the quiet corner of America where I now live, all of this felt painfully familiar and yet surreally distant at the same time. Amid the raging chaos, a potentially significant yet little-noticed development unfolded in northeast Syria in mid-December.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
iraq-businessnews.com | Mohammed Salih
By Mohammed A. Salih, for the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Recentralization Imperils Iraq's Stability and Fuels Regional TensionsIraq is at a pivotal juncture, diverging from its post-2003 vision of a federated state as pro-Iranian Shia groups in Baghdad aggressively drive recentralization.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
fpri.org | Mohammed Salih
Home / Articles / Recentralization Imperils Iraq’s Stability and Fuels Regional TensionsThe Iraqi state is undergoing recentralization by Shia political elites, against the spirit and letter of the country’s 2005 Constitution that envisioned a federative union. This is seen as a threat by major Kurdish and Sunni Arab groups who seek to counter such a trajectory.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
thenewregion.com | Alfadhel Ahmad |Paul Davis |Zhelwan Z. Wali |Chenar Chalak |Suadad al-Salhy |Alannah Travers | +59 more
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned on Wednesday that Turkey’s intensifying bombings may cause “a catastrophic collapse” of the Tishrin Dam in northern Syria. "Turkish warplanes have conducted multiple airstrikes on the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas,” the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF said in a statement.
