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العراق

أكتوبر 7, 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

Kasbana Hassan gestures inside her burnt out house, where four Egyptian Shi'ites were killed, in the suburb of Zawiyat Abu Musallem, on the outskirts of Cairo, June 24, 2013. Egypt's government promised "exemplary punishment" on Monday after the mob killing of four Shi'ite Muslims near Cairo raised fears of wider sectarian bloodshed at a time of grave national crisis. In Sunday's violence in the suburb of Zawiyat Abu Musallem, in sight of the Giza pyramids, a crowd ransacked and torched the house of a famil

مواقف وردود فعل حوزة النجف وقم تجاه مجزرة الشيعة في مصر

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks to the media during a visit to the Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION) - RTR3C3HO

الصدر لـ"السفير الاميركي" : رئيس الوزراء العراقي الجديد.. لن يتعامل مع المحتل

الصدر يرد على السفير الاميركي...رئيس الوزراء العراقي القادم لن يتعامل مع المحتل.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) speaks next to his Iraqi Kurdish counterpart Nechirvan Barzani during a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad June 9, 2013. Maliki visited the Kurdistan region on Sunday for the first time in more than two years, in an attempt to resolve a long-running dispute over oil and land that has strained Iraq's unity to the limit. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX10H5T

"قانون تحديد ولايات الرئاسات العراقية" على طاولة "المحكمة الاتحادية منذ 5 شهور

A resident walks at the entrance of a cinema in Baghdad April 26, 2011. Iraq once had 82 cinemas, 64 of them located in the teeming capital, home to about 7 million of Iraq's 30 million people. One by one, they closed during the Saddam era, when the government controlled the selection and importation of films, until only five remained at the time of the invasion. The insurgency that followed and killed tens of thousands of people made Iraqis afraid of being in public places and crowds. They chose the relati

صالات سينما حديثة في اربيل لاستعادة الثقافة السينمائية

اربيل تفتتح 14 صالة سينما حديثة في شهر واحد بتعاون مع مختصين لبنانيين.

Members of the Iraqi special forces stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad March 23, 2012. The Iraqi government has tightened security measures ahead of the Arab League summit, which is scheduled to be held in Baghdad at the end of March. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR2ZRA8

تركيز جديد على حقوق الإنسان في الاجهزة الأمنية العراقية

Empty and disused Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL Group) containers are seen at Malta Freeport in the Port of Marsaxlokk outside Valletta February 10, 2012. The IRISL ships and containers are key parts in an international cat-and-mouse game: Iran's attempt to evade the trade sanctions tightening around it. Washington and European capitals want to stop or slow Iran's nuclear programme. They believe that IRISL, which moves nearly a third of Iran's exports and imports and is central to the coun

لعراق يتحول إلى "رئة اقتصادية" لإيران.. ويستقبل 75% من صادرتها

Iraqi police display drugs which were seized in the southern city of Kerbala, 100 kms (62 miles) south of Baghdad September 6, 2005. The Major Crime Unit in Kerbala arrested four men attempting to smuggle over 20 kgs (44 pounds) of cocaine, heroin and hashish into Iraq, the latest in a string of recent seizures. The heroin was hidden in bags which were labelled as Costa Rican coffee. Police put the value of the drugs at around 280 million Iraqi dinars (about $1,930,000). REUTERS/Mshatq Mohamad RCS/VP - RTR

المخدّرات تستدرج الشباب العراقي إلى سعادتها الافتراضيّة

فتيان عراقيّون يتعاطون المخدّرات، يسعون إلى "شرعنة" تهافتهم عليها عبر تسويق مبرّرات اجتماعيّة واقتصاديّة تمنع عنهم انتقادات الآخرين.

Saddam Hussein (R) stands with his guards behind him at an artillery
piece during the Iraq-Iran war in this undated file photo. The picture
is among exhibits at The Leader's Museum in Baghdad. British Prime
Minister Tony Blair published a dossier on Iraq's weapons programme on
Tuesday which claimed Saddam could launch weapons of mass destruction
at just 45 minutes' notice and was seeking to build a nuclear
capability. REUETRS/Handout

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وزارة الدفاع العراقية تطالب البيشمركة الكردية باعادة اسلحة النظام العراقي السابق

Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shi'ite victim, who was killed in sectarian violence, before funeral prayers in El Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo, June 24, 2013. Egypt's president, accused of fuelling sectarian hatred, promised swift justice on Monday for a deadly attack on minority Shi'ites as he tried to quell broader factional fighting to avoid a threatened military intervention. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTX10ZDU

"شحاتة المصري" يكشف قلقاً طائفياً عابراً للحدود

A resident jumps into water for a swim at Ahmed Awa tourist resort, known for its waterfalls, near Iraq's border with Iran where three American hikers are believed to have disappeared, near Sulaimaniyah, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, August 5, 2009. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday he could not confirm whether three Americans had been detained by Iran. Picture taken August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jamal Penjweny (IRAQ CONFLICT TRAVEL) - RTR26G8J

حكومة إقليم كردستان العراق تدعم السكان مادياً لتطوير قطاع السياحة

Nawshirwan Mustafa, an Iraqi Kurdish Politician and the head of Kurdish "Change" opposition movement, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad March 7, 2010. Explosions killed 24 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilise Iraq before U.S. troops leave. REUTERS/Jamal Penjweny (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR2BBPU

اتهامات متبادلة بين قوى إقليم كردستان العراق مع اقتراب موعد الانتخابات

تتبادل الأطراف السياسيّة في إقليم كردستان العراق الاتهامات مع اقتراب موعد الانتخابات.

Former Iraqi premier and head of the secular Iraqiya coalition, Iyad Allawi (R) holds a joint news conference with Qusay al Suhail, a top figure of the al-Sadr block (L) in Baghdad, August 17, 2010. Allawi said on Tuesday his Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance would intensify talks with an anti-American Shi'ite movement to try to break a political stalemate. Iraq has been in a political deadlock since a March 7 election which produced no outright winner, raising tensions ahead of an end to U.S. combat operations

أزمة استجواب وزير مقرّب من المالكي تطيح بنائب رئيس البرلمان

جدال داخل البرلمان العراقي حول استجواب وزير التعليم العراقي، يطيح بنائب رئيس البرلمان المقرّب من الزعيم الشيعي مقتدى الصدر.