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Turkey, Iran deploy ‘game-changing’ drones in north Iraq | AFP

October 1, 2020 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Produced with my colleague Shwan Mohammad in Sulaimaniyah and published here on October 1, 2020]

Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting “game-changing” drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions.

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As Iran missiles battered Iraq base, US lost eyes in sky | AFP

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on January 15, 2020]

Ain al-Asad Air Base (Iraq) (AFP) – Moments after volleys of Iranian missiles began to batter Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, US soldiers at the desert facility lost contact with their ultra-powerful — and expensive — eyes in the sky.

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Iraq finds Israel behind ‘some’ base attacks | AFP

August 31, 2019September 2, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here August 31, 2019]

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s government is preparing a complaint to the U.N. after finding Israel is “certainly” behind several attacks on Al-Hashd al-Shaabi bases, a parliamentarian and leading member of the force said.

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