With six months until Iraq’s parliamentary elections, intense political maneuvering is underway as Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish factions reshape alliances while battling for leadership and control over government positions.

The Ministry of Higher Education in Iraq has increasingly fallen under sectarian control, with Iran-backed militias exerting significant influence over university curricula and staffing decisions.

Iraq has been extraditing political opponents, often violating asylum laws, driven by political and sectarian motives.

In a provocative move, Israeli Channel 14 featured Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ali al-Sistani, on its assassination target list, raising questions about the channel's motives, closely tied to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

As Israeli aggression intensified in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs, the Iraqi authorities swiftly opened the country's doors to those fleeing the war, most of whom are supporters of Hezbollah.