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Iraq may face new risks after US withdrawal from Syria

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IRAQ/SYRIA/US

This comes as US forces begin redeploying into Iraq as they start leaving north-eastern Syria, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from that country.

Iraq’s Sunnis and Kurds face a more peripheral future

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IRAQ

Discussions on the future of the US-Iraq security relationship will be followed with intense interest by both Iran-backed Shia forces in Iraq and their increasingly sidelined…

Iraq-Turkey pipeline oil flows will be delayed

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TURKEY/IRAQ

Ankara's statement was a gambit in a complex game, where the resumption is still complicated by legal issues between Turkey and Iraq relating to the arbitration case that first…

Local tensions will sustain Iraq’s returns challenge

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IRAQ

Five years after its collapse, IS has a declining presence in Iraq. However, the question of how to deal with the many displaced people perceived as being associated with the…

Fiscal crisis will raise political risks in Iraq

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IRAQ

The political establishment has given strong backing to the budget cuts ordered by Abadi. The 2016 budget has been amended to account for the collapse of Iraq's planned 2016…

Politically divided Iraq faces a massive economic hit

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IRAQ

The economic and social impact of COVID-19 -- and especially the crushing effect on global oil markets -- comes amid worsening US-Iran tensions. Internally, political deadlock and…

Shared aims could trump Turkey-Iran tensions in Iraq

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IRAN/TURKEY

Abadi is walking a difficult line between Turkish and Iranian allies, who fear each other’s intentions in Iraq. These tensions are focused on the post-Mosul era, which opens the…

Sectarianism will weaken Iraqi state

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IRAQ

Sectarian tensions in Iraq were exacerbated when the radical Sunni Islamic State group (ISG) seized Mosul in 2014 and Iraq's Shia militias were mobilised to fill the security…

US Iraq policy will aim at adaptive response to threat

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IRAQ/US

This followed a February 15 attack targeting US troops stationed at Erbil airport, in the Kurdistan region, after which the administration launched its first use of force…

Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement will proceed gradually

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IRAQ/SAUDI ARABIA

Last month, Saudi Arabia pledged to link Iraq up to its national grid to help address electricity shortfalls. Indeed, after years of frozen ties, Saudi Arabia has recently stepped…