The painful reality is that Washington’s hastily cobbled together ethno-sectarian political system for post-2003 Iraq ended up doing the opposite of what it intended. The regional domino effect was …
Iran-Iraq deal increases security coordination, limits Iraqi Kurdish autonomy
The deal was signed by Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani and Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji.
Iran, Iraq sign security deal boosting border cooperation
The deal follows the Islamic Republic escalating its attacks on Kurdish groups in Iraq amid the ongoing protests in Iran.
Iraq renews deal to provide Egypt with 4 mln barrels of crude oil
Iraq’s government approved renewing a contract that will allow the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to buy 4 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil in June and August, the Iraq government …
Compare Iraq with Ukraine. It’s clear the era of US global supremacy is over
Washington’s power is suddenly threatened by a newly confident China and disquiet among leaders in the global south, says former Guardian chief foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele …
Abu Ghraib survivor: Taking the hood off 20 years after Iraq war
A former detainee at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq recounts the horror and pain of his incarceration.
The accidental journalist who covered the war in Iraq
Twenty years on from the invasion of Iraq, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and James Meek describe their chance first meeting and their time reporting on the war together
Why the Press Failed on Iraq
At Knight Ridder’s Washington bureau, we started asking questions and publishing stories that challenged the Bush administration’s claims that Iraq had an active WMD program and ties to al Qaeda. One …
A million lives later, I cannot forgive what American terrorism did to my country, Iraq
The ‘new Iraq’ that the warmongers promised us did not bring Starbucks or startups, but car bombs, al-Qaida and Islamic State, says Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon …
Iraq Veterans: 20 Years On
Veterans told Newsweek that a sense of duty and protectiveness spurred them to fight in Iraq since the start of the war 20 years ago.