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IS planning to step up attacks in Iraq's 'fragile regions'

Attacks have already increased sharply, mostly confined to the territory separating the Kurdistan Region from the rest of Iraq, following the US withdrawal in late September

Rustum Mahmud
Security forces stand next to coffins lined up during the funeral ceremony of 47 victims killed by the Islamic State (IS) group during its capture of the city of Mosul in 2014, and whose remains were later found on 20 October 2026. ZAID AL-OBEIDI / AFP

The Stateless Statesmen

[caption id="attachment_55239744" align="alignnone" width="620"] A birds-eye view of the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, on 19 March 2013[/caption]The…

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Calm Before the Storm

[caption id="attachment_55239731" align="alignnone" width="620"] Omar ibn Al-Khattab Mosque in Hama, the site of the first anti-government demonstration in the city, during March 2011. YOUNG HAMWI…

Maryam Saleh

Big Brother Erdoğan

[caption id="attachment_55239702" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds carry the coffins of victims of a Turkish air raid, outside Uludere Hospital in Uludere, Sirnak province, on December 30, 2011…

Nicholas Birch

Young and Disillusioned

[caption id="attachment_55239636" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian protesters hold an effigy depicting President Mohamed Mursi while shouting slogans during an anti-government demonstration in…

Cade Roberts

Low Expectations

[caption id="attachment_55239598" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2013. JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images[…

Caryle Murphy

A Syrian Spring?

[caption id="attachment_55239542" align="alignnone" width="620"] Walid Saffour. Source: Tam Hussein[/caption]Walid Saffour is sitting in a light, minimalist office overlooking Hyde Park. A…

Tam Hussein

Remembering Halabja

[caption id="attachment_55239488" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Kurdish family have their photo taken in front of a tank used during the Saddam Hussein regime, as hundreds commemorated the 25th…

James Denselow

Mahmoud and Hugo

[caption id="attachment_55239341" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) raises his hands toward cheering supporters while standing next to Venezuela's Foreign…

Ataollah Mohajerani

Democracy and the Caliphate

[caption id="attachment_55239318" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Saudi man casts his ballot at a polling station in Riyadh on September 29, 2011, as Saudi men were voting in municipal elections…

Abdullah Al-Rashid
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Can the Houthis be defeated?

15, Oct 2026

In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive

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