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Bolton, one of the architects of the Iraq war, says by removing Saddam from power, the threat of Iraqi WMD was eliminated in perpetuity. AFP

John Bolton: No regrets over Saddam removal

20 years after the US invasion of Iraq, the Washington veteran says by removing Saddam from power, the threat of Iraqi WMD was eliminated in perpetuity

Con Coughlin 19 April 2023
Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Mohamed Al-Halbousi chairs the session after parliament gives confidence vote to Cabinet led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in Baghdad, Iraq on October 27, 2022. Getty Images

How Iraq’s electoral law favours the political establishment

How the complex Sainte-Laguë method is used to count votes and why Iraqis say its unfair

Salam Zaidan 15 April 2023
A handout picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office shows Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani speaking next to piles of cash on November 27, 2022, reportedly part of recuperated $2.5 billion of government funds. AFP

How systemic corruption plundered Iraq’s economy

Two decades after the US invasion of Iraq, the country's economy is deteriorating on all possible fronts

Khaled Kassar 14 April 2023
U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad's Firdaus Square, in this file photo from April 9, 2003. Reuters

How the fall of Baghdad changed the world

The significance doesn't lie in the amount of time that has passed since the invasion, but in the extent of drastic changes that Iraq and the world has witnessed in this period

Houssam Itani 12 April 2023
Truffle market in Fallujah, Iraq. March 17, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Fallujah residents still feel effects of Iraq war 20 years on

The following years would be marked by waves of horrific violence and sectarian warfare and, about decade later, another war, this time against the Islamic State (IS)

Shelly Kittleson 11 April 2023
Iraqi school children look at pictures of President Saddam Hussein during a visit to the Saddam Museum in Baghdad, 18 November, 1998. AFP

Nostalgia for Saddam era explained

Nostalgia for a fallen regime — despite its cruel ways — is more of an expression of discontent with the present than a desire to return to the past

Rustum Mahmud 10 April 2023
A detailed account of the aftermath of the US intervention in Iraq and the myriad problems that it produced. Sebastien Thibault

Iraq and the limits of American military power

A detailed account of the aftermath of the US intervention in Iraq and the myriad problems that it produced

Robert Ford 09 April 2023
National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, who was present at Saddam Hussein's execution, kept the noose and a gun in his possession. Al Majalla

Where is Saddam buried?

The whereabouts of Saddam's body and the noose with which he was hanged remain a mystery

Al Majalla - London 09 April 2023
An analysis of the failings of Iraqi nation-building since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the effects of these failings as felt by those living in the country today. Eduardo Ramon

Can Iraq escape its endless cycle of chaos?

An analysis of the failings of Iraqi nation-building since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the effects of these failings as felt by those living in the country today

Ayad Al-Anbar 08 April 2023
Escaping the ‘state of chaos’ and the US-Iran clash Sebastien Thibault

The rise or fall of Iraq

Escaping the 'Republic of Chaos' and the US-Iran clash

Al Majalla - London 08 April 2023
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Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
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Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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