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With a new government in Syria, the breakdown of the economy following years of mismanagement, sanctions, and corruption offers a chance for a new dawn.
Turkey is facing a dual threat from Kurdish militants and Iran-backed militias amid its military operation in northern Iraq.
Clashes between the Kurdish-led SDF and Arab tribes in Deir az-Zour have sparked concern from the US and UN, with Iran and the Syrian regime looking to capitalise on the unrest.
Syria has witnessed another year of extreme suffering in 2022, with the next 12 months expected to get worse for other reasons. We spell out the three key issues that will affect Syrians in 2023.
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is part and parcel of the system that many Iraqis have called to reform or replace, with his appointment unlikely to resolve the root causes behind popular anger repeatedly flaring up over the past 19 years.
With support for the political process at an all-time low, the popular foundation of what constitutes an Iraqi democracy is now in peril and may be at risk of total collapse.
With the Shia cleric raising doubts over the legality of the elections he himself had won, there are signs that disparate political forces are manoeuvring to seal a deal that will finally see a government formed.
Northeast Syria remains one of the worst-hit areas of the country by the latest cholera outbreak, which threatens thousands of lives.
With a complex web of politics and military power converging in Sinjar, it appears clear that Iraq is once again being used as a chessboard for regional and domestic ambitions to be played out among rivals.
After failing to build a majority coalition, Sadr's mass resignation 'protest' move against systemic corruption will achieve little more than the further delegitimisation of Iraq's political processes.