Kurds in Iraq are powerbrokers in Iraq’s politics, but do they benefit?

Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new ...

US threatens to starve Iraq of its oil dollars over Iranian influence, sources say

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Jan 23 - Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - ...
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Disarming Hamas: Lessons from U.S. Efforts to Demobilize Militias in Iraq

In late 2003, I was asked to take on the task of demobilizing Iraqi militias. This would later be named the “transition and ...

Al-Maliki is defiant after Trump threatens to withdraw US support for Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed defiance Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
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Hundreds protest near US embassy in Baghdad over Trump interference: AFP

Several hundred people protested near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to ...
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Hundreds of Iraqis rally against U.S. interference in gov't formation

Al-Maliki on Wednesday rebuffed the "blatant U.S. interference" in Iraq's internal affairs, describing it as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, a breach of the democratic system established in Iraq ...

U.S., in control of oil dollars, heaps pressure on Iraq over Iranian influence

By Maha El Dahan, Timour Azhari and Humeyra Pamuk DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Jan 23 - Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state — including potentially its ...