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Analysis: Underpinned by military superiority, Israel's short-term tactical successes will never become strategic gains without a political endgame.
Analysis: Following attacks by Iran-backed Iraqi militias on US forces, there are fears that Israel's war in Gaza, and any escalation in Lebanon, could destabilise Iraq.
Analysis: While the Iraqi and KRG governments have agreed to disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in northern Iraq, questions surround their capacity to accomplish the task.
Syria's Bashar Al-Assad faces a difficult tightrope walk as allies in the region, such as Hassan Nasrallah, are taken out by Israel in quick succession.
In-depth: Ten years after the Yazidi genocide, there are fears that records of Islamic State crimes are being lost, preventing accountability and justice.
Once known for its fertile lands and lush agriculture, Iraq is facing an impending climate crisis as drought, incessant sand storms and scorching heat, compounded by a failing government, promise a difficult summer.
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.
![Kuwait after Iraqi occupation on February 28, 1991 - Allied forces on the road from Kuwait City to Basra. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-08/GettyImages-115114367.jpg?h=e73aac82&itok=8Fba8Lqe)
The invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 was a quick victory for Saddam Hussein, with devastating long-term consequences for Iraq.
![Demonstrators gather to protest against assassinations of civil activists at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq on 25 May, 2021. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-06/GettyImages-1233096236.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=0vweoGsP)
The arrest of a prominent commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces has triggered a tense standoff between the Iraqi government and Iran-backed militias.
In-depth: Iraq has one of the largest numbers of missing persons worldwide, with up to one million people having been forcibly disappeared in the past 50 years.