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The U.S. military, with help from allied countries, overwhelmed the Iraqi forces in Kuwait in only 43 days and easily entered Iraq.

The RSF and its allied militia rampaged across Sudan, pillaging cities, markets, universities, and hospitals.

Tehran exerts power in Baghdad through Shiite parties that play a key role in appointing prime ministers, including current premier Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and allied armed factions.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed since the military grabbed power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war between the junta and allied pro-democracy rebels and ethnic minority armed groups.

The drug is then packaged tightly and shipped north through a web of routes and several different means of transportation, with traffickers reacting quickly to interdiction efforts by the U.S. and allied countries.