Opinion: Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq are growing more powerful and operating with increasing impunity, writes jonathan_spyer
Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq are growing more powerful and confident as they operate with increasing impunity.
Gunmen murdered Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub, a chronicler of Iraq’s lost Jewish community, as he rode his bicycle through his hometown of Karbala Feb. 3. Mashzoub was a bold critic of Iran’s increasing power in Iraq. His relatives believe that was what led Shiite militiamen to target him.Some 400 U.S. troops will remain in parts of Syria to prevent the return of Islamic State, and reassure allies that America isn’t abandoning the region to Iran, Russia and Sunni jihadists.
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