Expert Explains | What US-Iran war could mean for Iraq's internal political landscape But on March 23, US-Israeli airstrikes hit PMF’s provincial headquarters in Anbar, killing its operations commander and other personnel. This prompted the Iraqi National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, to authorise the PMF to respond to the US-Israeli attack. These developments reflect tectonic shifts in Iraq and West Asia, upending decades-long geopolitical equations. PMF’s rise and US-Iran rivalry By June 2014, the sectarian Salafi-jihadist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), had taken over one-third of Iraqi territory, including Iraq’s second largest city Mosul. In response, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq’s highest Shia spiritual leader, issued a fatwa calling on all able-bodied individuals to take up arms to fight ISIS. This “popular mobilisation” spawned PMF, a militia far superior to Iraq’s formal army that was crumbling in the face of the ISIS onslaught. Come 2019, PMF had incurred high costs but was successful in retaking ISIS-controlled territory and re-establishing Iraqi sovereignty, helped by both US and Iranian anti-ISIS military operations. With ISIS largely defeated, PMF faced a crisis of purpose despite widespread popularity. It largely split into three informal factions with different loyalties: to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), particularly its Quds Force spearheaded by...

Expert Explains | What US-Iran war could mean for Iraq's internal political landscape
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Photo of a pine trees hanging over a rocky stream racing down a mountainside. The snow is melting back from the water, revealing more boulders and dead leaves.

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#SilentSunday #MobilePhotography #Nature #Landscape #Art

Another of the arches at Arches National Park in #Moab, #Utah, for #Stunday.

#EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #hiking #landscape #redrock #Utahhiking #NationalParks

Happy Sunday! Enjoy some breathtaking views!

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#landscapevideo #california #ocean #river #sunset #sunrise #ventura #dronevideo #drone #housemusic #landscape #relax #inspiration

Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation. The iconic buttes rise from the desert of northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona border. In this horizontal black-and-white photograph, the view looks east toward the monuments before sunrise. A pinyon tree with exposed roots anchors the foreground, accompanied by scattered sagebrush. West Mitten Butte dominates the scene, with East Mitten Butte visible just behind it. To the right, partially obscured by the pinyon tree, stands Merrick Butte. The image is dark and contrast-rich, yet strikingly beautiful and deeply tranquil. Photo by Kort Duce

Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona.

#StunDay #ClassicMono #Monochrome #BW #BlackandWhite #EastCoastKin #ECK #Landscape #Landscapes #Scenic #Scenics #southwestusa #arizona #utah #travelphotography #americansouthwest #southwest #naturephotography #landscapephotography

Happy Sunday!
I hope there are no surprise spiders in your day.
#photography #landscape #woodland
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cam: #S25Ultra
edit: #LuminarMobile

#photography #landscape #landscapephotography #bnw #black+white #blackandwhite #monochromatic #monochrome #classicmono #MobilePhotography

El Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. #stunday #landscape #scape #eastcoastkin #landscapepgotography #atmospheric #liminal #skyscape #reflection #travel

Her little trousers of Almeria.
BB on the set of Shalako in Las Salinillas.
#Photography #Cinema #Movies #Filmsky #MovieHistory #MovieSky #Almeria #Andalucia #Nature #Landscape #Desert #filminglocation #Western 🎬📽️ 🎥 📸

Knurrhahn in der Nordsee

. . . . . . . . #Norderney #landscape #beach #ocean #wave #travel #wanderlust #goldenhour #sundowner #ostfriesland #landschaft #sky #sand #wind #storm #wave #nikon #hdr #island #sea #nature #natur #color #vocation #mood

Some of my favourite coastal views for #SeaSunday. 🌊🌞💙🥀🥀🥀

Jurassic Coast and Black Sea coast with wild peonies.

Happy Sunday #Bluesky!

#nature #photography #coast #sea #ocean #cliffs #landscape #flora #waves #seascape #SundayScape #Scape

Omaha, Nebraska #photography #art #peergroupweekly #landscape #Nebraska

YorkshireLass Maureen Platts's amazing photo. 🤩 (posted with permission). The image shows a number of peaks, some snow-dusted summits contrasting with autumn-colored vegetation on the fells.

YorkshireLass Maureen Platts's amazing photo. 🤩
(posted with permission).

The bracken in the foreground makes this image colorful and vibrant. The layers of the peaks give it a special depth effect! I adore this scene!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLayers

#landscape #scape

Colorful sunrise next to the summit marker of Guadalupe Peak.

A colorful sunrise at the summit of Texas highest point, Guadalupe Peak.

#Stunday #sunrise #photography #landscape #Texas #GuadalupeMountainsNationalPark #EastCoastKin

For #Stunday Bumpass Trail, Lassen NP #Scape #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #ColorADay #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographersunited #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography

A nice walk this morning in the Parque Natural Punta Entinas Sabinar.
#Stunday #photography #nature #landscape #torrecerillos #spring

Looking forward to summer. My painting of Martha's Vineyard done with acrylic on 9x12 canvas. 2017
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #fineart #scenery #landscape #sand #sea #ocean #beach #Massachusetts #summer

Sunrise panorama, Maine

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Breathtaking Laurette!! and flawlessly taken my friend ☺️👌🏼

Tarn Hows in the autumn.
#LakeDistrict
#Stunday
#Reflections
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekLforLevels
#Landscape
#Photography

please, stay off the mounds and leave your regrets at the door. #filmphotography #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #canon #fujifilm #southerngothic #abandoned #abandonedplaces #ruralex #urbex #ruralexploring #urbanexploring #nature #naturephotography #doubleexposure #35mm

The Sahara desert with blue sky and white whisp clouds

Stunday but make it orange.

#photography #nature #landscape #art #coloraday #orangesun #stunday #eastcoastkin #ECK #alphabetchallenge #weeklforlayers

#DiabloCanyon #Mountaintop #NewMexico #Wilderness #Landscape #Mountains #Brush #Beautiful

For #Stunday Mt St Helens twilight #Scape #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #allthephotos #ColorADay #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographersunited #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography

Point Reyes Lighthouse, California, USA
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#Travel #Daily #Photo #Landscape #Wallpaper #lighthouse #California

Cypress trees standing in shallow water with low mist and reflections, side-lit by soft morning light.

A cold morning in March

#photography #naturephotography #landscape

Mahodand Lake Swat Valley Northern Aeras Of Pakistan
#NatureBeauty #NaturePhotography #naturescenery #mountains #naturelover #Beautiful #nature #photography #landscape #NaturalBeauty

It is dangerous to be on ice.
#photography #landscape #Latvia #Baltic
#travel #travelphotography #nature #bluesky

光を浴びて白く輝く雲

#今日の雲 #風景写真 #cloud #landscape #photography

Love the drama of the sky against the light on the field with the vibrancy of the trees in the middle. Hope you like this landscape too. #Stunday #Landscape #scape #photographersunited #photographersofbsky #photographer

Black Bridge, Cork, 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#sunset
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK

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