Suadad al-Salhy

Iraq

Reporter at Freelance

Award winning journalist covers Iraq and beyond. former Reuters & NYT. tweets = my own. [email protected]

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Articles

How Syrian mutinies and betrayal sunk Iran's support for Assad

2 months ago | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders A worker tears down portraits of Bashar al-Assad, Hafez al-Assad, former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl on 11 December 2024 (Reuters/Umit Bektas) 5 February 2025 08:44 GMT ago As the clock struck midnight, bringing 27 November to a close, all reports reaching the Syrian army’s military operations room in Aleppo...
Syria's Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine left unharmed, Iraqi fighters say

Dec 8, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

The Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine in south Damascus has been left untouched by Syrian rebels, who have not confronted Iraqi paramilitary groups, Iraqi fighters told Middle East Eye. Iraqi Shia paramilitaries said they were not attacked by rebel forces in Syria and have been left to return to Iraq unhindered.
Inside the Iraqi factions’ decision to keep out of Syria

Dec 6, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

Iraq's Shia forces, including major Iranian-affiliated armed factions, have unanimously decided not to send fighters to Syria to defend Bashar al-Assad from the rebel advance, officials and commanders told Middle East Eye. Last week, Syrian rebels led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham launched an offensive on Assad’s forces, seizing the major cities of Aleppo and Hama in a matter of days.
Iraq, hacks and the Kingfish: The scandal that could bring down Prime Minister Sudani

Nov 25, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

In late July, just after Iraq’s parliament went into recess and as MPs were beginning their summer holidays, dozens of them received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number. At first glance, it appeared to be a screenshot of news breaking on an Iraqi satellite channel, suggesting that four members of the parliamentary finance committee had tampered with the budget they had voted on days earlier. Most of the MPs didn’t dwell on the message. It’s not uncommon for them to receive such things.
Iran: Quds Force head Esmail Qaani makes first appearance in weeks at general's funeral

Oct 14, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has attended events in Tehran marking the return of the body of another general killed in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Qaani could be seen in footage and photos broadcast by Iranian media on Tuesday showing the arrival of Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan’s coffin at the Iranian capital’s Mehrabad Airport.
Iran says body recovered of general killed in Lebanon alongside Nasrallah

Oct 12, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy |Jonathan Cook

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has recovered the body of a senior Quds Force general killed in a massive air strike in Beirut last month alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan is understood to have flown from Tehran to Beirut for a meeting with Nasrallah on the same evening that both were killed in the Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s operations room in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on 27 September.
Exclusive: Qaani under guard and questioned as Iran probes Nasrallah killing

Oct 9, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy

Esmail Qaani, the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, is alive and unhurt but under guard and being questioned as Iran investigates major security breaches, multiple sources have told Middle East Eye. Qaani has not been seen in public since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive air strike on Beirut on 27 September, an event that rocked the anti-Israel Axis of Resistance alliance.
Exclusive: Iraqi groups say Israel fabricated deadly Golan drone attack

Oct 5, 2024 | themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Suadad al-Salhy

Armed factions in Iraq proudly continue to strike Israel but say they never targeted the Golan Heights on Thursday and were not responsible for the soldiers’ deaths Members of Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah attend the funeral of a commander in Baghdad on 22 September 2024 (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye) By Suadad al-Salhy in Baghdad Published date: 5 October 2024 Israel’s claim that two of its soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights were killed by an Iraqi drone attack on Thursday is a fabrication, leaders of...
Exclusive: Iraqi groups say Israel fabricated deadly Golan drone attack

Oct 5, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Suadad al-Salhy |Joe Gill

Israel’s claim that two of its soldiers in the occupied Golan Heights were killed by an Iraqi drone attack on Thursday is a fabrication, leaders of armed factions and officials from Iraq told Middle East Eye. Iraqi political and armed forces decided last week to distance themselves from the battles between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah and focus their efforts on providing humanitarian and financial support to people affected by Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Palestine.
Iraqi forces decide to keep out of Israel’s battles with Hezbollah and Iran

Oct 3, 2024 | ozarab.media | Suadad al-Salhy

Iraqi forces decide to keep out of Israel’s battles with Hezbollah and Iran Officials and paramilitary commanders say Israeli attacks could be ruinous for Iraq and even topple its government Suadad al-Salhy Thu, 10/03/2024 – 15:02 A man recites verses from the Quran during a memorial service for Hassan Nasrallah in Karbala, Iraq on 29 September (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf) The Iraqi political and armed forces affiliated to Tehran have decided to distance themselves from Israel’s battles with...