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Yemen's former Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak steps down and will be replaced by former Finance Minister, Salem Saleh Bin Braik

Iraq is having elections in November, and even though the day is far off, chaos is unfolding in the discussion about the lists ahead of the vote.

Iran is messaging that it is prepared to keep its arms while also pretending it might comply with demands to rein in its power in Iraq.

Khazali claims the goal of the ‘David Corridor’ is to “reach the Kurdish lands in Iraq and Syria, considering the ongoing cooperation [between Israel and the Kurds]."

Statements and speeches at the event have all indicated that Iran’s axis believes that the 'resistance' is not defeated.

The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen Iran's armed allies in Gaza and Lebanon heavily degraded and Syria's government overthrown by rebels.

The point of the report is that the Iraqis want to show that the militias who played a role in Syria will now not just be in Iraq, but will be moved away from the border.

Israel struck several targets across Syria and Iraq as part of its wide-reaching response to Iran.

The crisis over the control of the Central Bank of Libya creates yet another level of instability in the country, a major oil producer.

Iran is prodding militias to increase threats to the US in Iraq in order to see if the US will pressure Israel not to strike harder at Hezbollah.