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Syria

Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri meets with Syria's President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on January 29, 2019. (Reuters)

Iran eyes share in Syria’s reconstruction

Syria

Syrian men work on reconstructing a damaged building in Raqqa. (AFP)

When can Syria’s rebuilding begin?

Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) laughs as he welcomes his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem for their meeting in Tehran, February 5. (AP)

How can Arabs contain Iran’s influence in Syria?

Iraq

Iraq's parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters)

Iraq approves $112 billion budget for 2019

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (C) attends a ceremony on the first anniversary of defeating ISIS in Baghdad, December 10. (Reuters)

Challenges abound for Iraqi government

Manuel Langendorf

Iraq

President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Humam Hamoudi in Baghdad. (AP)

Iraq’s chaos is not what Iraqis have dreamt

Ibrahim al-Zoubeidi

Iraq

Fireworks erupt in the sky during the 2019 new year celebrations in the Iraqi southern city of Basra. (AFP)

What average Iraqis want for 2019

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Iraq

Iraqis shout slogans during protests demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, last September. (AP)

Some progress but also political deadlock in Iraq

Manuel Langendorf

Mosul

Broken system. A view of Mosul General Hospital. (Azhar Al-Rubaie)

Mosul residents decry poor medical conditions

Azhar Al-Rubaie