Nazli Tarzi

Nazli Tarzi is a London-based contributor to The Arab Weekly.

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US Brigadier General Vincent B. Barker (L) shakes hands with Iraq's Staff Major General Mohammad Fadhel Abbas during the handover ceremony of the K1 air base near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, last March. (DPA)
Strategic repositioning of troops preserves Washington’s place in Iraq but for how long?
April 25, 2020
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi (C) meets with the ambassadors of the P5 countries of the United Nations Security Council in Baghdad, March 25. (AFP)
Disagreement over US presence throws Iraq’s Shia camp in disarray
March 28, 2020
President Barham Salih (L) meeting with Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi in Baghdad, March 17. (AFP)
Who is Adnan al-Zurfi, the second prime minister-designate tasked with forming Iraq’s transitional government?
March 21, 2020
US Army soldiers man a defensive position at Forward Operating Base Union III in Baghdad, last December. (Reuters)
The receding tide of America’s guardianship over Iraq
March 14, 2020
An anti-government protester uses a slingshot to fire a stone at security forces during clashes in Baghdad, March 2. (AP)
Uncertainty looms for leaderless Iraq
March 06, 2020
Head of the Popular Mobilisation Forces Faleh al-Fayyad speaks in Baghdad, February 11. (Reuters)
Hierarchical rifts split Iraq’s PMF
February 29, 2020
In this Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019, file photo, protesters burn property in front of the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
US-Iranian competition over Iraq at dead end
February 22, 2020
An Iraqi holds a placard during an anti-government protest in Basra, February 11. (AFP)
Slim chances of mould-breaking cabinet for Iraqi prime minister
February 15, 2020
Iraqi demonstrators burn tyres to block a road during anti-government protests in Najaf, February 5. (Reuters)
Iraq’s subaltern push back against Sadrist saboteurs
February 08, 2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attends prayers at the Kufa Mosque in Najaf, last November. (Reuters)
Can opposition leader Muqtada al-Sadr claw back credibility?
February 01, 2020
An example for others. Anti-government demonstrators protest in Nasiriyah, Iraq, January 10. (AFP)
Nasiriya protesters bear torch of hope in dark times
January 25, 2020
Attendees of “Baghdad Central” premiere at London’s British Film Institute. (Nazli Tarzi)
New thriller TV series features alternative portrait of Iraqi hero
January 25, 2020
Posters of anti-government protesters who have been killed in demonstrations are displayed in Tahrir Square during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, January 18. (AP)
The myth of state accountability in Iraq
January 18, 2020
Still defiant. University students attend a protest against US and Iran interventions, in Basra, January 8. (Reuters)
International media zoom away from protests in Iraq
January 11, 2020
A mural of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum is seen in Cairo. (Reuters)
Dubai resurrects music icon Umm Kulthum in hologram concert
January 07, 2020
An Iraqi university student shows locally-made coffee and soft drink, during a rally to show support for local products and to encourage the boycott of imported Iranian goods, in Basra December 8. (AFP)
Iraq protesters revive ‘Made in Iraq’ campaign to counter Iranian influence
December 13, 2019
Doctors treat a patient in Mosul.(AFP)
Violence pushing Iraq’s medical sector to the brink
August 17, 2019
Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrol around the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero as it’s anchored off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, July 21. (AFP)
Can Boris Johnson part ways with the US on Iran?
August 03, 2019
A members of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) walks past a poster at the militia group’s media centre in Baghdad, July 2. (Reuters)
Iran-backed PMF militias extend their role beyond Iraqi ‘national defence’
July 27, 2019
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, last March. (AP)
Iraq’s growing community of atheists no longer peripheral
July 20, 2019