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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.
![An Iraqi protester gestures the v-sign during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment at Tayaran square in Baghdad on October 2, 2019. [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-10/GettyImages-1173113048.jpg?h=75ce010a&itok=if-m2tDe)
Rather than democratic change, since the US invasion in 2003 Iraqis have complained of a sectarian, corrupt, and nepotistic political system that has brought little positive change to their lives.
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.
Turkey is facing a dual threat from Kurdish militants and Iran-backed militias amid its military operation in northern Iraq.
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.