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Faris Kamal Nadhmi – ‘Muqtada al-Sadr between the safety of reform and fear of change: Will he choose revolution or counter-revolution?’ – article translation

Feb 13, 2020benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Muqtada al-Sadr - السيد مقتدر الصدر, The Civic Trend - التيار المدنيFaris Kamal Nadhmi, Muqtada al-Sadr, protests, Sadrist movement, Sadrists

Faris Kamal Nadhmi, ‘Muqtada al-Sadr between the safety of reform and fear of change: Will he choose revolution or counter-revolution?’ al-Mada, 4 February, 2020. For a significant section of Iraqi public opinion, it has become commonplace to describe the political behaviour of Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr as volatile, contradictory, puzzling and strange. And this raises a

Ahmad ‘Abd al-Hussein – ‘A Letter to the Sadrist Nation’ – article translation

Feb 9, 2020benrobinzMuqtada al-Sadr - السيد مقتدر الصدر, The Civic Trend - التيار المدنيAhmad Abd al-Hussein, Muqtada al-Sadr, protest movements, protests, Sadrist movement, Sadrists, translation

Ahmad ‘Abd al-Hussein, ‘A Letter to the Sadrist Nation’ NAS News, February 6, 2020 Is it too late to warn of civil strife [fitna] because it is already upon us? Eight martyred in a single night in Najaf, live fire, shells, Molotovs and dozens injured. This is far from being civil strife, this is a

‘Ali Wajih – ‘Sadr and Us: The Lost Partnership’ – article translation

Feb 9, 2020benrobinzMuqtada al-Sadr - السيد مقتدر الصدر, The Civic Trend - التيار المدنيcivil trend, Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, protest movements, protests, Sadrists, translation

Sadr and Us: The Lost Partnership ‘Ali Wajih, originally published by Nas News 03 Feb 2020 In this moment, with the continuing tensions between the Blue Hats (a formation belonging to the Sadrist trend) and the other protesters, the leader of the trend – Muqtada al-Sadr – has closed down all spaces for cooperation between

LIVE MAPPING IRAQ’S FEBRUARY 2020 PROTESTS ACROSS THE SOUTH

Feb 2, 2020benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security Reportsgas, Oil, protest movements, protests, south Iraq, South Iraq Security

Below is a map of protest activity and security incidents across south Iraq so far in February. Created by Ben Robin @Benrobinz and Iqan Alkhassaf @IqanAlkhassaf. This map will be updated daily throughout the month. Click “view large map” in the top right of the embedded map to open it up for full functionality. Live

Targeted violence against protest activists and journalists in south Iraq since October 2019

Jan 11, 2020benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security Reportsactivism, assassinations, Basra, civil society, Iraq, protest movements, protests, south Iraq, South Iraq Security

Below is a map showing targeted violence against protest activists and journalists covering the protests across south Iraq since October 2019. This was compiled by @benrobinz and @IqanAlkhassaf based on continuous monitoring of protest activity and security incidents across Basra, al-Diwaniyah, Muthanna, Dhi Qar and Maysan only. For full functionality, click “show large map” at

LIVE MAPPING IRAQ’S JANUARY 2020 PROTESTS ACROSS THE SOUTH

Jan 2, 2020benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security Reports, UncategorizedBasra, Energy Sector, gas, Iraq, Oil, protest, protest movements, Security, south Iraq, South Iraq Security

Below is a map of protest activity across south Iraq so far in January. Created by Ben Robin @Benrobinz and Iqan Alkhassaf @IqanAlkhassaf this map will be updated daily throughout the month. Click “view large map” in the top right of the embedded map to open it up for full functionality. Live Map: January 2020 Protests Across South

LIVE MAPPING IRAQ’S DECEMBER PROTESTS ACROSS THE SOUTH

Dec 7, 2019benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security ReportsBasra, Oil, protest movements, protests, Security, south Iraq

Below is a map of protest activity across south Iraq so far in December. With help from Iqan Alkhassaf, this map will be updated daily throughout the month. Live Map: December 2019 Protests Across South Iraq

LIVE MAPPING IRAQ’S NOVEMBER PROTESTS ACROSS THE SOUTH

Nov 9, 2019benrobinzMaps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security ReportsBasra, civil unrest, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyyah, Iraq, Maysan, Nasiriyah, protest movements, protests, Security, South Iraq Security

Below is a map of protest activity across south Iraq so far in November. With help from Iqan Alkhassaf, this map will be updated daily throughout the month. Live Map: November 2019 Protests Across South Iraq

Live mapping Iraq’s October protests across the south

Oct 2, 2019benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security ReportsBasra, protest movements, protests, South Iraq Security

Below is a map of protest activity across south Iraq so far in October. With help from Iqan Alkhassaf, this map will be updated daily throughout the month. Live Map: Iraq’s October Protests in South Iraq

SOUTH IRAQ SECURITY AND PROTEST DYNAMICS REPORT: AUGUST 2019

Sep 3, 2019benrobinzAnalysis - تحليل, Maps, Charts, Resources, Protest Monitoring for South Iraq, South Iraq Security ReportsBasra, civil unrest, Energy, gas, Oil, protest movements, protests, south Iraq, South Iraq Security, Tribal fighting

This is August’s edition of my south Iraq SIGACT monitoring report covering the provinces of Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Muthanna and Diwaniyah. SIGACT map, pivot table and protest tables are available below. I recorded 74 total incidents in August, a fall from 114 July, and 92 in June. I recorded 33 protest incidents, down from 70 in July and 51 in

Iraq After Occupation

Academic and security analysis by Benedict Robin, PhD student @ IMES University of Edinburgh