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Michael Knights

May 29, 2026

Mohammad Baqer al-Saadi: Profiling an IRGC and Iraqi Militia Operative

Crispin Smith, Michael Knights

November 20, 2025

Rise of the E-Militias: Designated Terrorist Groups Infest Iraq’s Digital Economy

Michael Knights

April 30, 2025

Iraqi Oil and the Iran Threat Network

Michael Knights

October 6, 2024

A Draw Is a Win: The Houthis After One Year of War

Michael Knights

April 30, 2024

Assessing the Houthi War Effort Since October 2023

Michael Knights

December 21, 2023

Iraq’s New Regime Change: How Tehran-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Militias Captured the Iraqi State

Michael Knights, Hamdi Malik, Crispin Smith

October 21, 2022

The Houthi Jihad Council: Command and Control in ‘the Other Hezbollah’

Michael Knights, Adnan al-Gabarni, Casey Coombs

January 27, 2022

The Islamic State at Low Ebb in Iraq: The Insurgent Tide Recedes Again

Michael Knights, Alex Almeida

October 21, 2021

Discordance in the Iran Threat Network in Iraq: Militia Competition and Rivalry

Michael Knights, Crispin Smith, Hamdi Malik

October 22, 2020

Back into the Shadows? The Future of Kata’ib Hezbollah and Iran’s Other Proxies in Iraq

Michael Knights

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