The Iran war has made Iraq a battleground once again. Tehran-backed Shia militia have struck US military and diplomatic sites in Iraq, as well as oil installations, an airport, and hotels, while both US and Iranian forces have attacked paramilitary groups in the country. An Iraqi unit was also fired upon, perhaps by US special forces, the Financial Times reported. The fighting has caused little damage but has shut down much of the oil-dependent country’s extraction and exports, and threatens its fragile recovery. Iraq has taken “meaningful steps toward stability,” Gallup noted, and Iraqis have reported higher levels of trust in institutions and feelings of safety. But those “two decades of hard-won progress” could be undermined by the regional fallout from the war.
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I would be more preoccupied with Bahrain trying to do an Arab spring 2.
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The Iran war has made Iraq a battleground once again. Tehran-backed Shia militia have struck US military and diplomatic sites in Iraq, as well as oil installations, an airport, and hotels, while both US and Iranian forces have attacked paramilitary groups in the country. An Iraqi unit was also fired upon, perhaps by US special forces, the Financial Times reported. The fighting has caused little damage but has shut down much of the oil-dependent country’s extraction and exports, and threatens its fragile recovery. Iraq has taken “meaningful steps toward stability,” Gallup noted, and Iraqis have reported higher levels of trust in institutions and feelings of safety. But those “two decades of hard-won progress” could be undermined by the regional fallout from the war.
I would be more preoccupied with Bahrain trying to do an Arab spring 2.