Iraq
Iraqi road project will get attention but not funds
Iraq, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates agreed to cooperate on Baghdad’s Development Road project
IraqIran-inclined Baghdad will balance US and Turkish ties
Iraq’s prime minister is paying and receiving high-level visits
IraqIraq’s Sunnis and Kurds face a more peripheral future
Pro-Iranian Shia parties are progressively cracking down on independent forces from other ethno-sectarian backgrounds
IraqIraqi Kurdish politics will become more chaotic
The regional ruling party has withdrawn from already-overdue elections and threatened to end federal cooperation
IraqTurkey will seek major Iraqi concessions on security
Ankara has pushed Baghdad to promise security cooperation against hostile Kurdish fighters
IraqDisputes over Iraqi federalism will mount
A Kurdish justice has resigned in protest over supreme court rulings
IraqIraq’s anti-corruption moves will fall far short
The IMF is warning of a perilous medium-term fiscal outlook
IraqBaghdad forces will further sap Iraqi Kurds’ autonomy
The federal supreme court has issued two momentous rulings affecting the Kurdistan region
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