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May 20, 2013

Iraq car bombs kill at least 43

Civilians gather at the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the last week.

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Attacks targeted Basra and Shia districts in Baghdad

Global Insight May 19, 2013

Turkey foresees end of post-Ottoman order

Ankara diplomats prepare for possible break-up of bits of the Middle East, says David Gardner

Editorial Turkey’s big game
beyondbrics Turkey’s red letter day – or is it?

A security guard is seen at the Tawke oil refinery in Kurdistan

From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY May 13, 2013

Turkey defies US with Kurdish north Iraq energy deal

Ankara ignores Washington and Baghdad’s warnings

Editorial Turkey’s big game
Markets Insight Market cultures clash in Istanbul

goods being transported from Turkey to Iraq

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 9, 2013

Iraq: Ankara views country as ‘natural extension’ for business

Geography drives expansion of exports, say Daniel Dombey and Funja Guler

Editorial from COMMENT May 6, 2013

Dissolving Iraq

Maliki’s sectarianism threatens break-up of country

From COMPANIES May 1, 2013

Iraqi $17bn gas project marks milestone

Shell-backed move seen as part to post-war recovery

People on the Move

A man walks down a staircase near a stock ticker in the lobby of the London Stock Exchange

The Middle East’s latest moves and hires, featuring the DIFC, Gulf Finance House and Mumtalakat

Keeping the peace in Cairo

women march towards Tahrir Square to protest against sexual harassment

©AFP

Like secular morality police, Egypt’s sexual harassment patrols show glimmers of post-revolution spirit

Iraqi police officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Karbala, southern Iraq, 29 April 2013. According to medical sources, at least 20 people were killed when three car bombs exploded in predominately Shiite cities in southern Iraq

©EPA Apr 29, 2013

Iraq bombs expose faultines

Worst week for militant attacks since US pulled out

Iraq 10 years later
Roula Khalaf Iraq’s difficult decade with democracy

Apr 23, 2013

More than 20 die in Iraq clashes

Security forces storm protest camp near Kirkuk

From MARKETS Apr 23, 2013

US oil imports from top five suppliers rise

Concentration comes as overseas purchases fall

Iraqi refugees, who had fled to Syria following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, carry their belongings upon their arrival in Baghdad on July 3, 2011. With the wave of protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that began in March once again upsetting their lives, Iraqis who had fled their war-torn country are returning home

©AFP From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Apr 12, 2013

Iraqis in Syria face a see-saw of strife

Different country – same fear and violence for refugees

Apr 10, 2013

Jabhat al-Nusra pledges allegiance to al-Qaeda

Nusra rebuts claims of merger with Iraqi group

Apr 9, 2013

Syria and Iraqi radical Islamists merge

Move dismays western backers of Assad rebels

Editorial from COMMENT Mar 31, 2013

Pastoral is political for Arab Christians

Another Easter caught in the Sunni-Shia crossfire

Mar 27, 2013

Iraq fears spread of Syrian violence

Sunni protests could become all-out revolt, say officials

From US & CANADA Mar 24, 2013

US urges Iraq to end Iran overflights

Shipments seen as aiding Syrian regime

Mar 19, 2013

Dozens killed in Iraq anniversary attacks

Baghdad hit by car bomb and suicide blasts

From US & CANADA Mar 18, 2013

Contractors reap $138bn from Iraq war

Analysis reveals benefits for private US and foreign companies

Mar 17, 2013

Iraq’s appeal wanes for oil majors

Many groups shift sights to semi-autonomous Kurdistan region

Mar 17, 2013

Iraq’s oil a decade after invasion

How has Iraqi oil production fared since 1980, which region has the most resources and what are the limitations for western oil companies doing business in the country?

Philip Stephens from COMMENT Mar 14, 2013

After hubris in Iraq, hesitation in Syria

The tough lessons from an invasion a decade ago do not apply today

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This undated hand out picture released by Norway's energy group Statoil on January 17, 2013 shows vehicles parked at the In Amenas gas field, jointly operated by British oil giant BP, Norway's Statoil and state-run Algerian energy firm Sonatrach, in eastern Algeria near the Libyan border. Algerian troops surrounded Islamists holding foreign hostages at the gas field on January 17, a day after a deadly attack the gunmen said was in reprisal for Algeria's cooperation in French operations in Mali. The Islamists told Mauritanian media they were holding 41 Westerners. Their captives included French, British and Japanese citizens, as well as seven Americans, they said, adding that the action was in response to Algeria's opening of its air space to French warplanes involved in an assault on Islamists in neighbouring Mali.