Russia Doubles Down on Iraq Despite COVID-19

... may still affect the plans. Viktor Katona, Ruslan Mamedov: Russia’s Interests in the Arab Mashreq: Analyzing the Future of Oil and Gas in Iraq and Syria Recent reports from Iraq say that Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the former intelligence chief who has been ... ... States. Iraqi parliament members appeal to national interests when making statements about the necessity to purchase Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. Indeed, the country’s limited ability to control the sky resurfaced when, on Jan. 3, the United ...