There is a role for the international community — but reconstruction should be led by local actors
Rising tensions over US action against Iran-linked militants in Iraq highlights Washington’s waning influence
Pentagon says commander of Kataib Hizbollah planned attack that killed three American soldiers in Jordan
American bombers hit 85 targets in retaliation for an attack that killed three soldiers
Statement by Kataib Hizbollah comes as Washington is expected to respond to drone assault that killed three soldiers
Attacks by Revolutionary Guards fuel fears of a Middle East conflagration
Pentagon says operation taken ‘in self defence’ after faction carried out attacks on US personnel
Country is home to powerful Iran-backed militant groups that have already begun to test Washington’s resolve
Israeli military likely to face houses rigged to explode, fighters wearing civilian clothes and weapons stored in mosques
Move follows storming of Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad in show of rage over anticipated burning of a Koran
Tehran-based company receives most of the revenues from the power plant used by UK group’s joint venture in Iraq
Mazloum Abdi, a US ally against Isis, escaped the attack on an airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region
Gas, oil and solar initiatives had become bogged down in political negotiations
Final agreement expected ‘within days’ to restart flow of crude halted by tribunal decision
A haunting account of the impact of western policies premised on sectarianism that engulfed the country after 2003
Attempts to control a monetary crisis have had unintended consequences for a country struggling to get back on its feet
Nine-year dispute over region’s energy sales settled by international court
US-led invasion has become a byword for catastrophic foreign intervention
Latif al-Ani chronicled his country’s transition to modernity. 20 years after the US invasion, his images are painful but necessary viewing
Twenty years on, the political and cultural legacy of a divisive war is minimal
On the anniversary of the US-led invasion, tour operators are returning to the country and — despite official warnings — their trips are selling out
Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars
Melvyn Leffler’s new history of the war against Saddam reveals how guilt, fear and hubris led to a fateful military intervention
Tehran seeks to blame dissident groups across the border for anti-government protests
COP27 goes to the wire, Iraq’s ‘heist of the century’, Sonic the Hedgehog creator arrested
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