{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"KURD MONITOR","provider_url":"https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en","author_name":"Kurd Monitor","author_url":"https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en\/author\/kurdmonitor\/","title":"What awaits Iraq\u2019s militias under Tom Barrack? - KURD MONITOR","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BmJHGoMSxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en\/report\/96\/\">What awaits Iraq\u2019s militias under Tom Barrack?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en\/report\/96\/embed\/#?secret=BmJHGoMSxx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What awaits Iraq\u2019s militias under Tom Barrack?&#8221; &#8212; KURD MONITOR\" data-secret=\"BmJHGoMSxx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kurdmonitor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tombaraack-scaled.webp","thumbnail_width":1000,"thumbnail_height":667,"description":"It won\u2019t take long to understand what lies ahead for Iraq\u2014and for the Iran\u2011aligned militias\u2014after President Donald Trump appointed Tom Barrack as his Special Presidential Envoy for Syria and Iraq. All one needs is the paragraph Barrack published just hours after the announcement. He wrote that \u201cthe balance of power around which the United States &hellip;"}