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Iraq: The Restless Centennial of Statehood

Iraq is about to celebrate its centennial of statehood established on August 23, 1921, when Faisal I bin Al-Hussein, son of the Grand Sharif of Mecca, was proclaimed king of the newly artificially created kingdom. After World War I, Britain took the future king from the Hejaz (now a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. Faisal had been chosen by British colonial officials five months...

Viktor Mikhin

Erdogan Pursues a Broad Coalition in Asia

Against the background of the frank failure of US policy, not only in Afghanistan but also in Iraq and Syria, as well as the decline in activity and authority of the European Union in the region, the course taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to create a broad coalition of pro-Turkish forces in Asia has become increasingly apparent in recent years...

Vladimir Odintsov

Iraq Returns to the Deadly Embrace of the US

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi have signed an agreement officially ending the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, more than 18 years after US troops occupied the country. Combined with Biden’s withdrawal of the last US troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, the Democratic president completes the US combat missions...

Viktor Mikhin

Biden’s Iraq Withdrawal: Will It Happen?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Baghdad Summit: A New Reality in the Middle East

Viktor Mikhin

Iraq - Caught in the “Friendly” Embrace of the US Python

Viktor Mikhin

US 'Airstrike Diplomacy' Continues in Syria-Iraq

Brian Berletic

The Afghanistan Fiasco Caught Up With the US in Iraq

Vladimir Danilov

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