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Kurdistan Workers Party

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), walks at the cemetery which belongs to fighters of the Sinjar Resistance Unit, in Sinjar, Iraq February 5, 2019. (Reuters)

Two Iraqi troops killed in clashes with PKK

Hassan Rohani

Neighbourly burden. An Iraqi man unloads electrical appliances imported from Iran in Baghdad. (AFP)

Iraq’s politicians may be happy with Iran but its people are not

Hamid al-Kaylani-98742

Iraqi

Revolving doors. Hadi al-Amiri (R), head of the Iran-backed Badr Organisation and leader of the Fateh Alliance, attends a rally in Baghdad. (AFP)

The splintering of Iran-backed Badr is no game changer

Iraqi

Encroachment ambitions. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (R) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rohani in Baghdad, March 11. (Reuters)

Iraq needs to reclaim its country, push Iran out

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iraqi

Official welcome cannot hide Iraqis’ misgivings about Rohani's visit

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Looking for a way out. Iranian President Hassan Rohani (C) visits a site in Najaf, Iraq, where Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini spent time while in exile. (dpa)

Rohani seeks ‘channel’ in Iraq to bypass US sanctions

Mamoon Alabbasi

French

A member of the Iraqi security forces passed by bridges destroyed in the war with ISIS, in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, February 27, 2019. (Reuters)

Iraq begins legal proceedings against French ISIS fighters

Karrada

Iraqis walk through a book market in Baghdad. (AFP)

Across Baghdad, a moment of respite and guarded hope

Hassan Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center, visits the holy shrine of Imam Ali, in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, March 13, 2019. (AP)

Iraq's Sistani tells Rohani ties must 'respect sovereignty'