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Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi attends a ceremony to mark the Iraqi armed forces century anniversary in Baghdad, January 6. (REUTERS)

Postponing Iraqi elections seen as an opportunity for Kadhimi to boost political fortunes

Hammam Latif-46

Iraq

Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) militias take part in a military parade in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (AFP)

US sanctions key leader of Iraqi PMF, Hezbollah Brigades

Iraq

Supporters of Iraq’s PMF and Hezbollah brigades stand by a poster of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. (AFP)

Kata'ib Hezbollah makes strange offer to train pro-Trump 'liberation movements'

Iraq

Tyres are burnt during clashes with police at anti-government demonstrations in the city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq on January 10, 2021. (AFP)

Violent protests turn deadly in Iraq, again

Iraqi

Head of the Popular Mobilisation forces Falih al-Fayyadh speaks after the killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , in Baghdad, Iraq February 11, 2020. (REUTERS)

US blacklisting of Fayyadh puts Iraq in tough predicament

Iraq

Iraqis, including supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces hold pictures of General Qassem Soleimani and commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as they mark the one year anniversary of their killing, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2021. (Reuters)

Iraqi judiciary’s credibility shaken by arrest warrant for Trump

Hammam Latif-46

Opinion

Iraqi police keep watch during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Baghdad on December 21, 2020. (AFP)

Free and fair early elections are Iraq’s last chance

Ibrahim Zobeidi

Opinion

An Iraqi street vendor displays clothes next to graffiti in Arabic that reads, “Baghdad is free and Iran out,” in Tahrir Square, Baghdad. (AP)

Will 2021 usher in the end of Iraq as we know it?

Majid al-Samarrai-53721

Iran

Baghdad demonstrators lift placards depicting Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (C) and IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani (L) and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (R) during an event marking the the killing of the two commanders, on January 3, 2021. (AFP)

Iran proxies mark anniversary of Soleimani’s killing in show of resilience