Iraq
Iraq could increasingly depend on Chinese oil firms
Beijing can offer relatively competitive terms to Baghdad, which faces a pressing fiscal crisis
IraqIraq-US normalisation will stir up Shia militias
A high-profile visit cemented relations but delivers process rather than outcomes, including on US troop withdrawal
IraqIraqi activist assassinations are a warning
As the premier seeks to renegotiate US ties, Iran-linked militias are blamed for the killing of a Basra protest leader
IraqInterests will sustain rocky Baghdad-Erbil cooperation
After a long dispute, the federal government has at last agreed to transfer the wages of unpaid Kurdish civil servants
IraqBaghdad and Erbil will limit Ankara strike fallout
A Turkish drone in northern Iraq killed three members of the border guard seeking to extend sovereign control
IraqBeirut example will boost the Baghdad premier’s plans
The Lebanese blast has left Iraqis worried about local stores of explosive material
IraqIraq’s path towards early elections will be difficult
The prime minister has promised parliamentary polls in June 2021
IraqIraqi electricity and accountability demos will mount
The prime minister faces massive systemic obstacles to rooting out corruption in the power or law enforcement sectors
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