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IRAQ: Kurdistan fiscal squeeze will hike tensions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES250522
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257418
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IRAQ: Kurdish citizens face poor economic prospects
Failures of Iranian gas and electricity supplies have combined with attacks on pylons and a heatwave to cause severe power cuts in Iraq this summer. In the longer term, Tehran’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263307
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IRAQ: Political forces gear up for post-poll deals
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES264265
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Against a backdrop of fierce civil disturbances in oil-rich Basra, religious leaders are encouraging political blocs to expedite government formation. The new parliament meets…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238478
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This comes after Iraq on October 1-6 witnessed its most violent popular protests since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. The protests have subsided for now amid a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246989
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He promised the protesters -- who reject him as a member of the ruling establishment -- wholesale reforms, a say in the new cabinet and an end to the security crackdown. This came…