The story: In the wake of former Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad’s downfall, Iraqi Shiite political elites are now coming to terms with a radical shift in the region’s balance of power. The divergent positions of those in the Shiite Coordination Framework has only further highlighted latent differences between the ruling coalition’s principal heads. Emerging faultlines include differences over Iraq’s response to Syria’s new Sunni Islamist leaders as well as Baghdad’s ties to an increasingly beleaguered Tehran.  

The coverage: Prominent leaders of Iran-allied groups—including Abu Ala Al-Walai, Hadi Al-Ameri and Qais Al-Khazali—have largely...