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Turkey is facing a dual threat from Kurdish militants and Iran-backed militias amid its military operation in northern Iraq.
The projection has a proposed value of $20 billion and will see goods transported from the Gulf to Europe via Iraq.
Since 23 March 2023, oil exports from the Kurdistan region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have ceased after a ruling in favour of Baghdad by a Paris court.
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.
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.
The US has announced the official end to combat missions in Iraq, but after decades of military interventions and political instability, the future of Iraq's fragile political system is hanging by a thread.
While there is obvious fury at the Islamic State, Iraqis have also expressed outrage at security forces and pro-Iran militias whom they blame for Iraq's endemic insecurity.
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.
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The Baghdad summit may represent a start in creating a framework for regional de-escalation, but Iraqi elites have shown little progress in ameliorating domestic woes.
After Joe Biden's election win, Syrians are waiting for signs that he will take a more considered approach towards the country's civil war.