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Ties between Iraq and the Gulf Arab monarchies have warmed in recent years, but Iran ultimately has more influence.

There’s no vital U.S. interest served by this indefinite advise-and-assist mission in the region.

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

On March 20, 2003, the U.S. carried out its first airstrikes in Iraq.

Iraq is one of the world’s largest energy exporters and has the potential to be a reliable global source for energy production and distribution, according to the Managing Director of Siemens Energy in the Middle East Dietmar Siersdorfer. The Middle Eastern country, however, faces many challenges to secure energy at…

Former Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Al-Ragheb revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat, and for the first time, the behind-the-scenes dealings related to the build up of the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Jordan had repeatedly warned decision-makers in the West that chaos would reign in Iraq should the invasion…

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false

Washington’s power is suddenly threatened by a newly confident China and disquiet among leaders in the global south, says former Guardian chief foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele