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With the help of Saddam Hussein’s son, Waheb Tabra made a fortune smuggling cigarettes in the 1990s. Since the U.S. invasion, he has become a symbol of Iraq's corruption while dealing with everyone from top politicians to the Islamic State.
Analysis: With an explicit rejection of the region's normalisation trend, the new Iraqi law criminalising relations with Israel could have widespread consequences for civil rights, business, and domestic and regional affairs.
Analysis: Ankara's drone strikes against the Kurdish-led SDF follow widespread opposition to its planned military invasion of northern Syria, with the campaign largely tolerated by both Russia and the US.
Analysis: Eight years since its rise to power, the Islamic State is a shadow of its former self. But ongoing conflict and instability in its former heartland are threatening to create conditions for the extremist group to make a resurgence.
Analysis: Iraq is on the verge of descending into chaos after Muqtada al-Sadr's withdrawal from the country's political system as anger over a lack of basic services and political deadlock threatens to boil over.
Analysis: With the dozen ballistic missiles launched against enemy targets in Erbil, Iran aims to send a clear political message to regional and international players and assert its regional power.
Analysis: Although there were overlapping points of convergence and divergence, Syria was the primary arena in which these three powers attempted to broker a deal.
Analysis: Tens of Peshmerga forces and Kurdish civilians have been killed in recent Islamic State attacks as regional politics are blamed for the new surge in violence.
Analysis: Driven by domestic concerns and shifting geopolitics, any large-scale Turkish military operation in Syria comes with risks and complications.
Analysis: Despite tough rhetoric on Kurdish groups, Turkey is also vying for concessions on a range of other issues.