Daily Memo: Contests for Influence in Iraq and the South China Sea

Iran issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Iran’s diminished influence. Iranian influence in Iraq suffered a major blow after Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi directed a raid last week on a Kataib Hezbollah post, leading to the arrest of over a dozen fighters and the confiscation of weapons systems. Several Iran-backed militias have accused the U.S. and Iraq of fomenting division, but […]

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