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How the killing of Iran's top general squandered US leverage in Iraq today

Washington's decision to take out Soleimani in Baghdad ruined its chances for playing a role in mitigating a serious crisis there now.

US nemesis Muqtada al-Sadr throws Iraqi parliament into the air
Middle East

US nemesis Muqtada al-Sadr throws Iraqi parliament into the air

The radical Shi'a cleric has found a way to potentially spoil the system imposed by Washington two decades ago. What now?