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Unnamed buyer locks in price while Baghdad gets short-term fiscal relief, say analysts
Tunisia is one of the few lasting successes but the west could help empower young populations and civil society
Revenues in Opec’s second-largest crude producer have been halved by price crash
Public employees in northern provinces have not been paid for months
The interpreters who worked for UK and US forces fear they are an easy target for Iran-backed militias
Officials say sprawling sites could become breeding grounds for extremism
A network of support focuses on preventing further theft after chunk of human history was destroyed over three decades
Iraq and Afghanistan drawdown to be completed just days before Biden becomes president
Defence officials tell commanders to prepare for withdrawal of 2,500 personnel
Vested interests and powerful militias leave Mustafa al-Kadhimi struggling to restore stability
French company says stake in Kurdish operator Korek was expropriated
It is strategically inept for the US to do exactly what Iran and its Arab proxies want
Forces will be cut from 5,200 to 3,000 as Trump continues mission to reduce military presence
Assassinations of two activists in less than a week seen as targeted
Two-time White House national security adviser guided the west through the end of the Cold War
Radical reform is only way to avert ‘disaster’ for oil-reliant country, says finance minister
Murder of Hisham al-Hashemi seen as retaliation for raid on Iran-backed militias
Country’s new PM has vowed to rein in armed groups acting outside state control
Terrorist group staged at least 566 attacks in first three months of the year
Mustafa al-Kadhimi has to deal with domestic grievances and a proxy Iran-US war
Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s appointment gives country its first functioning government in 6 months
Pandemic stopped protests in Iraq, Algeria and Lebanon, but crisis likely to fuel fresh wave of unrest
In Iraq and Syria, citizens have been hard to persuade of the need to stay inside
Prime minister designate says government could be unable to pay half of the salaries of 3m-strong workforce next month
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo says strategic dialogue to determine future role will begin in June
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