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Feb 13, 2024 · Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Iraq has undergone a long period of instability, with armed groups like the self-proclaimed Islamic State taking advantage of the power vacuum left by the...
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In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy...
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May 2, 2024 · Iraq | Today's latest from Al Jazeera. Ten years after Yazidi genocide, survivors struggle to rebuild lives. NGOs report that 200,000 are displaced in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, while...
May 18, 2023 · Iraq’s stability and hard-won gains require robust support amid concerns of shrinking civic space, postponed elections, and an unfolding climate emergency, the top UN official in the country...
- A Fragile, Oil-Dependent Economy
- The Changing Face of Armed Violence
- Identity Politics and Worsening State-Society Relations
- Climate Change Vulnerability and Environmental Challenges
- The Kurdistan Region in Federal Iraq
- Relations Withiran and The USA
- The Situation For Iraq’s Minorities
Crude oil exports accounted for an estimated 95 per cent of federal revenues in 2020. Successive governments have done little to wean Iraq off this heavy dependency on oil rents and diversify the economy. This has led to a bloated public sectorcharacterized by patronage and to a shortage of jobs for new graduates—especially those without the necess...
Today, Islamic State is thought to be unable to recruit more members in Iraq and only an estimated 500 fighters are still active in the country. Major military operations against Islamic State have thus ended. In 2020, the US began reducing its military footprint in Iraq—which had risen sharply in response to the rise of Islamic State—and only arou...
The United States and other members of the coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003 and supported its transition to post-Ba’athist democracy lacked a long-term vision. They often failed to anticipate the consequences of major decisions, such as the disbanding of the Iraqi Army in 2003 or several initiatives put forward by the transitional authorities. O...
Governance failures have also left Iraq increasingly vulnerable to climate change and water scarcity and an array of related challenges. The number of days with temperatures over 50°C is increasing, and droughts are becoming longer and more intense. Northern Iraq has traditionally been the breadbasket for the rest of the country, in particular prov...
The Kurdistan Regional Government has a peaceful, if occasionally fraught, relationship with the federal government in Baghdad. The KRG enjoys a high level of autonomy, which includes maintaining its own military forces, the Peshmerga. Early on in the transition process after 2003, Kurdistan was recognized as Iraq’s most stable region, and its lead...
In the field of diplomacy, Iraq’s strongest relationships and ties are with Iran and the USA. Nevertheless, Iraq has sought to diversify its diplomatic and economic relationsin recent years, including with Arab Gulf states as well as Egypt and Jordan. Iran is Iraq’s largest trading partner, although Iraq’s imports from Iran—worth around $9 billion ...
State failure to protect Iraq’s many ethno-religious minorities is a long-standing problem. Since 2003, many minorities have been displaced due to insecurity, often migrating to the KRI—which was seen as calmer, safer and more tolerant—and in many cases out of Iraq altogether. The Islamic State group targeted minorities, particularly those of non-A...
9 February 2024. By Orla Guerin,Senior international correspondent, Baghdad. 'They are not going to solve their problem on Iraqi soil' Iraq could be pushed into conflict by tit-for-tat...
Aug 4, 2020 · Iraq’s social and political landscape has changed drastically after an escalation of regional and global power competition, the COVID-19-induced health and economic crises, and the unprecedented uprising by peaceful demonstrators in October 2019 that led to formation of a new government.
Jun 19, 2023 · Yet, analysts say many of Iraq's problems remain unresolved, ranging from its heavy dependence on oil revenues and the volatile global energy market to graft and sectarianism.
