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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Iraq's parliament has passed a law for the National Intelligence Agency behind closed doors, drawing criticism for a lack of ...

Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

On Thursday evening, Iraqi intelligence forces and army troops launched an operation in Ramadi, about 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, and captured a high-ranking Daesh militant commander ...

DAMASCUS/BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim authorities met here with visiting Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri on Thursday, according to an official statement carried by Syrian ...

Last month, Iraq sent a senior security delegation led by the Head of the Intelligence Service Hamid Al Shatri who met HTS leader and the Commander of Syria's new administration Ahmad Al Shara.

said the explosion occurred as a joint force of the Iraqi army and the national security service conducted an operation following intelligence reports of the Islamic State group’s activity and ...