Iraq’s New Government Is a Temporary Truce, Not a Strategic Settlement

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  Baghdad’s latest cabinet formation reveals a state still trapped between militia power, oil dependency, Kurdish fragmentation, and the geopolitical collision between Washington and Tehran. By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj | Sulaimani, Iraq | 13 May 2026 — Kurdish Policy Analysis After six months of political paralysis, Iraq finally has a government. Yet the formation of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s cabinet may say less about political stabilization than about the inability of Iraq’s competing factions to sustain prolonged deadlock. The parliamentary approval of Zaidi’s government this week ended one of the country’s longest post-election crises in recent years. But the structure of the new cabinet — incomplete, contested, and heavily shaped by factional bargaining — reveals an Iraqi state still fundamentally unable to resolve its core strategic contradictions. The most important fact about Iraq’s new government is not that it was formed. It is that it emerged without resolving the dis...
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U.S. Strikes 50+ Targets on Kharg Island — Iran Faces Threats to Bridges & Power Plants

    Massive air campaign hits more than 50 military targets; Trump warns of sweeping infrastructure strikes if Tehran refuses demands. 


By [Kurdish Policy Analysis] — April 7, 2026

WASHINGTON — The United States military launched a sweeping air campaign against Iran’s Kharg Island, striking more than 50 military targets in a high‑stakes escalation of the grinding conflict in the Middle East, a senior U.S. military source told Reuters early Tuesday.

The attack — focused on air defenses, weapons storage bunkers and command posts — marked one of the most intense U.S. operations in the campaign and underscored Washington’s sharpened demands on Tehran. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, stressed the strikes did not target civilian oil facilities but warned that broader damage could follow if Iran failed to comply with U.S. ultimatums.

A senior military source confirms major airstrikes on Kharg Island, escalating tensions as Trump warns of sweeping infrastructure attacks if Tehran refuses demands. Analysts warn global energy markets are on edge.

President Donald Trump has put Tehran on notice that bridges, power plants and energy infrastructure across the country could be swept in “the next phase of operations,” part of his hard‑line deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.

Foreign capitals watched nervously as Trump’s rhetoric grew more ominous, threatening to “level” critical infrastructure if Iran did not meet U.S. demands — language that has alarmed international legal scholars and drawn warnings of potential war crimes.

In Iran, government officials condemned the strikes on Kharg Island as a “blatant act of aggression,” but Tehran has so far reported no damage to the sprawling oil export facilities that make Kharg a linchpin of its economy.

The island, just off Iran’s southern coast, handles a vast share of the country’s crude oil exports and has figured repeatedly in recent weeks as a possible pressure point in the conflict after attacks on shipping and missile launches threatened global energy flows.

With a rapidly ticking deadline, U.S. and allied forces remain on high alert, and diplomats warn that a wider expansion of the war could have consequences far beyond the Persian Gulf.

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