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Comment: Iraq is a shattered country, and aid agencies are swamped by the millions of civilians forced from their homes by war, says Alexandra Lort Phillips.
Comment: Iraq was invaded on a lie, was defiled by its occupiers, and has become the foreword to the darkest chapter of the Middle East's modern history, says Shukri Shewayish.
Arab columnists sounded notes of caution over Thursday's framework agreement, reflecting fears of more Iranian involvement in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
Comment: Fears of an Iranian encroachment in the region are not without reason, and Washington's apparent sanctioning of Tehran's presence in Iraq might have repercussions for years to come.
Comment: Obama says he will limit presidential powers of war, but what he says and what happens in Iraq and beyond are two different matters, says Said Arikat.
Comment: The Islamic State group is composed of the detritus of wars in Afghanistan, Libya, Chechnya, Yemen. It was fuelled by the destruction of Iraq. Can deliverance be really found in the violence that forged it?
Comment: UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov wanted a simpler job than sorting out Iraq, and got the Middle East peace process. So what does he bring to the table, asks Nawaf al-Tamimi.
Sadness and pain from Peshawar to Paris should not blind us to the clichéd responses of those in power. More airstrikes in Syria and Iraq will not help France with its social disintegration. Hypocrisy diverts and only breeds war.
Since the US invasion in 2003 and the fall of Sunni hegemony in Iraq, Iran has stepped in to increase its presence in the Arab world. Yet the sectarian divides threaten Iran's power.
The Turkish prime minister's visit to Iraq last week - the first by a Turkish head of government in four years - shows new opportunities are on the horizon for regional powers to work together.