Writing for Al Jazeera, MEI senior research fellow Dr Fanar Haddad says that the biggest change resulting from the assassination of famed Iranian general Soleimani is the strengthened hold Iran has over Iraq, with elite and media attention diverted away from Iraq’s domestic protest movement, and towards Iran instead. Read his article here.

Image Caption: Iranian flag in Bishapur, Iran. Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D., shared on Flickr.