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Iraq - Page 2

October 4, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Who Runs Iraq Now?

For two months this summer, Iraqi investigators dug beneath the ground around Baidischi, a small town three hours north of Baghdad, searching for what they believed was the proceeds of a vast

Business

US Withdrawal From Iraq Ends Military Presence but Not Washington’s Financial Leverage

US forces are set to leave their last remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, ending a military presence shaped by more than two decades of war. Iran and its allies have celebrated the departure as a victory, but Washington retains

September 30, 2026

US Withdrawal From Iraq Shifts Focus to Sovereignty and Iran-Backed Militias

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The formal end of the US military support mission in Iraq on September 30 will mark a major change in the relationship between Washington

Kurdistan Loses Its US Shield

Defence/Geopolitics

The planned withdrawal of nearly all remaining US troops from Iraq by the end of September is leaving Washington’s Kurdish allies facing what the

US to Complete Iraq Withdrawal by September 2025

September 28, 2024
Diplomacy

Washington will conclude its American-led international mission in Iraq over the next twelve months, according to a joint statement released by Iraq and the US on Friday. The decision comes as tensions

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U.S. Invasion Leaves Iraq Economically Stagnant, Politically Fractured

July 30, 2024
Diplomacy/United States

On March 20, 2003, as air raid sirens blared over Baghdad, darkness once again engulfed the country. “We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat and restore control of

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Black gold fuels West’s golden age, yet becomes Iraq’s nightmare

July 30, 2024
Business/News

Hussein Ali Saeed, an 81-year-old resident, has spent his entire life in Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq renowned for its abundant oil reserves. As this retired Iraqi oil worker sees it,

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Did America’s Misreading of Saddam Hussein Lead to the Iraq War?

May 19, 2024
History

FATEFUL MISREADING OF SADDAM Gideon Rose, a Senior Fellow and deputy director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1995 to 2000, was appointed managing editor of Foreign

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21 years after U.S.-led invasion, Iraq strives to retrieve looted antiquities

May 18, 2024
History

As the world celebrates International Museum Day on Saturday, Iraq remains haunted by the poignant scars of looted antiquities in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion. Boasting an ancient civilization of thousands

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Vulnerabilities in U.S. Air Defenses in Iraq and Syria

January 27, 2024
Defence

Forbes has produced an excellent report on keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria.  The bottom line, despite appearances to the contrary, the US isn’t leaving either place anytime soon.  If true, what about

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Assassination of Martyr General Soleimani; State Terrorism in the Territory of a Third Country

January 3, 2024
Defence/Diplomacy

In the early morning of Friday, January 3, 2020, General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was on a special mission in Iraq, representing

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Escalating conflict between Iraqi armed groups, U.S. forces worsens shaky Mideast stability

December 22, 2023
United States

Tensions between Iraq and the United States are escalating after Washington gave the green light for its forces to respond to attacks launched by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias on U.S. military bases in

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20 Years After Catastrophe in Iraq, the War Apologists Still Dominate U.S. Foreign Policy

April 1, 2023
Columns/Diplomacy

In Warsaw last February, President Joe Biden condemned the lawless Russian invasion of Ukraine: “The idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country—since World War II, nothing like that has happened.” One month

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20 Years After the Start of the Iraq War, U.S. Peace Movement Protests Yet Another War

March 30, 2023
Human Rights/News

An intergenerational, multiracial group of organizers demonstrated in Washington, D.C., on March 18, seeking to unite various sectors of the nation’s anti-war movement. Under the slogans “Peace in Ukraine—Negotiations not escalation,” “Fund

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Jenga Diplomacy: A 20-year Retrospective of the Invasion of Iraq

March 29, 2023
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

by Jude As the sun rose over the barren Iraqi desert twenty years ago on the 20th of March, the winds of change were sweeping across the sands, bringing with them the

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The Lingering Effects of U.S. Crimes in Iraq: 20 Years Later

March 21, 2023
Human Rights/Iraq/United States

Though 20 years have passed since the United States launched a blatant invasion into the sovereign state of Iraq, justice has not been done for Iraq and its people, many of whom

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