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A member of The Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle stands in front of a shrapnel-scarred wall of a damaged building, following an Iranian drone attack on their base near Erbil on 9 March 2026. OZAN KOSE / AFP

Iranian Kurdish camps in Iraq wait in the wings

Al Majalla visits camps in northern Iraq hours after they were bombed by Iran or Iran-backed Iraqi militias. For many of the groups here, the hour has come for change.

Rustum Mahmud 16 March 2026
Supporters of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition celebrate after preliminary election results were announced in Baghdad, Iraq, on 12 November 2025. Reuters

Iraq's establishment triumphs over hopes for change

A revised electoral law and the fragmentation of civil groups contributed to an election result that saw no clear parliamentary majority and the return of established parties

Ayad Al-Anbar 17 November 2025
A peshmerga fighter poses in front of a wall with a large fresco of the flag of Kurdistan. The fort overlooks Artush, a major oil refinery. Getty

Baghdad cuts Kurdistan’s oil revenue and independence hopes

Erbil voted to go it alone in 2017, but that was when it controlled its own oil to sell through Turkey. Today, it does neither. With no partners on the horizon, it is left seeking central handouts.

Baraa Sabri 16 September 2024
A Kurdish man walks past debris following a missile strike launched by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the Kurdistan region’s capital of Arbil, on January 17, 2024. AFP

Is Iraqi Kurdistan turning into an arena to settle regional scores?

Friday's drone attack on one of Iraq's largest gas fields has led to a temporary suspension of production, resulting in major power cuts across the country's northern Kurdistan region.

Rustum Mahmud 27 January 2024
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Cheap unmanned aerial vehicles cost only a few thousand dollars to make, but are costing millions to defend against, turning the economics of war on its head

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Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK?

13 May 2026

Britons seem fed up with establishment parties after Labour's disastrous performance in this week's local elections, and the Tories' similar failure two years ago

Con Coughlin
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Will the US and China fall into the Thucydides Trap?

17 May 2026

Xi warned of the dangers of falling into said trap as Washington appears increasingly threatened by Beijing's steady rise as a great world power

Ibrahim Hamidi
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Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

15 May 2026

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
A view of buildings on the Alexandria Corniche. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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The many faces of Alexandria

13 May 2026

Nestled on the southern Mediterranean coast, Egypt's quaint coastal metropolis marked its inception as an ancient city that wore many hats across civilisations

Yasmin Abdallah

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