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Editor @Amwajmedia (#Iran #Iraq #Peninsula). I'm here to learn.
Oct 19, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
NEW: #Iran's maneuvering amid the #Hamas-Israel confrontation is getting really interesting. Engagement with Saudi Arabia has been stepped up. And at yesterday's @OIC_OCI meeting in Jeddah, Iran called for sanctions on Israel—incl oil embargo. Why?
amwaj.media/media-monitor/… Obvious reasoning is that #Iran is seizing on Gaza war to step up efforts to isolate #Israel, including by putting pressure on Arab states which have normalized ties with Tel Aviv.

Indeed, along with call for OIC sanctions, Iran has demanded that any ties with Israel be cut.
Oct 11, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
BIG: Something major is happening among Shiite groups in #Iraq and #Yemen. They're not only talking abt hitting #Israel. They're warning that if the US directly intervenes in Gaza, American targets in the region will also be hit—from multiple fronts.

amwaj.media/article/deep-d… Key leaders among #Iraqi groups Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Kata’ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada, Hezbollah Al-Nujaba and PMU figures have warned that any direct US involvement in Gaza in support of Israel will turn entire US presence in the region into "legitimate targets".
Nov 25, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
NEW: Having been subject to multiple Turkish ground incursions, is #Iraq on cusp of witnessing an Iranian ground offensive too?

Quds Force commander Qa'aani's recent visit to Baghdad has raised many speculations. @amwajmedia can confirm...

amwaj.media/article/inside… .@AP report that Iran is threatening a ground offensive unless Iraqi authorities deal with exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.

The Islamic Republic wants the groups "disarmed" and moved away from the border. Tehran accuses them of fueling the ongoing unrest in Iran.