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العراق

أكتوبر 6, 2026

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A member of the Iraqi security forces flashes the victory sign during a military parade

Explainer

ماذا يعني انسحاب القوات الأمريكية من العراق بالنسبة للأمن بعد أحداث كركوك؟

مع تولي العراق المسؤولية الكاملة عن أمنه بعد انسحاب التحالف، تثير عملية مكافحة الإرهاب المثيرة للجدل في كركوك تساؤلات حول المساءلة وثقة الجمهور والثغرات الأمنية المستمرة.

Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces stand guard during an election rally for the "Asaib Ahl al-Haq" movement in the capital Baghdad, on October 7, 2021.

Analysis

بعد انسحاب الولايات المتحدة، تكتسب إيران مساحة في العراق وتواجه مهمة موازنة أكثر صعوبة.

بالنسبة لإيران، ربما كان الجزء الأسهل هو إخراج واشنطن، لكنها قد تضطر الآن إلى الكفاح لتحويل هذا الغياب إلى نفوذ دائم وإعادة إحياء الميليشيات المتحالفة معها دون إثارة عدم الاستقرار.

A correspondent in Tehran

بواسطة A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

US President Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, on July 8, 2026.

تستند سياسات ترامب الاندماجية إلى العلاقات مع دول الخليج وتركيا والنجاح في سوريا

إن نفوذ إيران، واحتمال تجدد الصراع، يعقدان التقدم في العراق.

An Airbus A321 airliner arrives at the Mehrabad international airport during the delivery of the first batch of planes to the Iranian state airline Iran Air in the capital Tehran on Jan. 12, 2017.

العراق يعلن استئناف الرحلات الجوية إلى إيران: ما يجب معرفته

احتج العراقيون على الخطوة الأخيرة التي تهدف إلى الضغط على إيران، وتعهدت ميليشيا مدعومة من إيران بالرد إذا لم تعد الرحلات الجوية.

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هل يمكن لانسحاب تركيا من باشيقا أن يمهد الطريق لعلاقات أعمق مع العراق؟

Turkish soldiers conduct military exercises near the Habur crossing gate between Turkey and Iraq on Sept. 27, 2017 in the Silopi district, southeast Turkey.

Barin Kayaoglu

بواسطة Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Analysis

كيف يمكن لميليشيات الأنبار أن تعقد طموحات العراق في مجال الطاقة؟

Iraqi soldiers from the new 'desert battalion' special forces stand next to military vehicles as the take part in a graduation ceremony, after months of training by the French military, at the Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar west of Baghdad on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Shelly Kittleson

بواسطة Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

Explainer

تركيا توافق على تسليم قاعدة بعشيقة العسكرية المثيرة للجدل إلى العراق

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York City, Sept. 23, 2026.

روبيو يلتقي رئيس الوزراء العراقي بينما تستعد القوات الأمريكية المتبقية للانسحاب

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

آمبرین زمان

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (L) welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) at his arrival to Baghdad's airport February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX19COB

بغداد: العودة التدريجية الى الشرق

A woman walks past the site of a bomb attack in Balad Ruz, in northeastern Iraq, January 3, 2014. A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives killed at least 12 people who had gathered to buy and sell cars in Iraq on Thursday, local officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place near the car markets in the town of Balad Ruz, in northeastern Iraq, injuring another 25 people. REUTERS/Mohammed Adnan (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) - RTX170P9

العراق يفتح جبهات قتال جديدة غير الانبار

Masked Sunni Muslims gunmen take up position with their weapons during clashes with Iraqi security forces outside the city of Falluja, 70 km (44 miles) west of Baghdad, February 23, 2014. Members of the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant are holed up inside Fallujah along with Sunni fighters angry at Prime Minister Nouri Maliki over what they say are policies which discriminate against Iraq's Sunni minority. The Iraqi government declared a ceasefire over the weekend but clashes flared periodica

الحكومة العراقية بحاجة ماسة الى مراكز استشارية متخصصة

Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, February 18, 2014. Sadr stuck to his decision to leave political life and dissolve his movement, saying that politics had become a way to inflict injustice. Sadr, who led revolts against U.S. forces in Iraq before their pullout and became a major influence in the government, initially announced his retirement on Saturday via a handwritten statement on his website. REUTERS/Handout/Office of Moqtada al-Sadr (IRAQ - Tag

مقتدى الصدر: اعتزال ام إعادة تموضع؟

A resident buys newspapers from a kiosk in Baghdad February 23, 2009. A boom in local media since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 has given Iraqis a choice between some 200 print outlets, 60 radio stations and 30 TV channels in Arabic, Turkmen, Syriac and two Kurdish dialects. Yet most media outlets remain dominated by sectarian and party patrons who use them for their own ends, and have yet to become commercially sustainable enterprises let alone watchdogs keeping government under scrutiny, the favoured West

صحفيون عراقيون يخشون من "الرقابة الداخلية" بعد صدور مذكرة إلقاء قبض بحق صحافي

An Iraqi man holds a picture of top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani at a campaign rally for Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), which is part of the broad Shiite coalition the Iraqi National Alliance, in Baghdad March 5, 2010. Politicians launched into their last day of campaigning as more than a million Iraqis living abroad began voting in an election that could turn the page on years of deadly sectarian strife. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit sho

السيستاني يتعرض لهجمة من داخل النجف

Iraqi Christians on a spiritual pilgrimage to the birthplace of biblical patriarch Abraham visit the ruins of Ur, southern Nassiriya province, about 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, November 22, 2013. About 150 Christians from the southern Iraqi city of Basra took part in the pilgrimage to the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, revered as the birthplace of Abraham. Picture taken November 22, 2013. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION TRAVEL) - RTX15SNW

الطوائف المسيحية في العراق وصعوبة الحفاظ على اللغة والتراث

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 6: Dr. Ali Bayrakdar, a plastic surgeon at the Al Wasity Hospital , performs an operation on June 6, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Bayrakdar is a specialist in reconstructive surgery and has done some pioneering work in his field. He and his team deal primarily with wounds sustained through the ongoing violence in Iraq and perform under severely strained conditions with inadequate medical facilities. An average doctor in his position can expect to earn around $350 to $400 a month. Bayrakdar'

فتاة العراق.. أقنعة مزيّفة لجمال حقيقي

Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, waits for a meeting of the Iraqi National Council to recommence in Baghdad. Ahmed Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, waits for a meeting of the Iraqi National Council to recommence in Baghdad September 4, 2004. An Iraqi Islamist group has said it tried to assassinate Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi this week and that four men died in the attack, Al Jazeera television said on Saturday. REUTERS/Samir Mizban/Pool - RTR9YVG

الجلبي لـ المونيتور" : تأجيل الانتخابات يفقد الحكومة شرعيتها ويمنعها من استغلال اموال العراق

Painted eggs and dried flowers decorate doorway in the Lalish temple
some 50 km north of Mosul, May 11, 2003. The Yezidi religion, seen by
its followers as the original Kurdish faith, is believed to date back
several thousand years and blends ideas from sources as diverse as
Zoroastrianism, Islam and Christianity. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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أسبوع الوئام بين الأديان في العراق

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (C) takes part in Friday prayers participated by Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim worshippers in a gesture of unity at the Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION) - RTR3C3HZ

عتزال الصدر ... "الاحباط" ابرز عناوينه

Residents walk past an election poster promoting Nada al-Sudani (R) and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition, in Baghdad February 12, 2010. Nada al-Sudani will be running as a candidate of the State of Law party during the March 7 parliamentary poll. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR2A4ZB

العراق : صور في كل مكان تستعيد "القائد البطل" و"رجل الدين المقدس"