Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group signed an oil transport deal with Iraq’s Amaan Baghdad Company last October.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/02/iraqs-pm-uae-abu-dhabi-announces-water-project-sinjar

An Iraqi government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d’affaires in, and Iraq’s state news agency reported that Iraq had suspended the working permit of‘s Ericsson on Iraqi soil.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/07/20/iraq-expels-swedish-ambassador-over-planned-koran-burning/

Authorities said highly flammable cladding decorating the outside of the venue also contributed to its rapid destruction – the latest disaster to hit Iraq’s dwindling Christian minority.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/27/iraq-wedding-fire-more-than-100-killed-after-huge-fire-breaks-out-19562728/

Baghdad radio had just announced Iraq’s acceptance of a cease-fire proposal and, in compliance with UN Resolution 660, retreating Iraqi troops were ordered to withdraw to positions held before August 2, 1990.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/02/highway-of-death/

Before the string of recent wars in the Gulf, beginning with Iraq’s invasion of Iran in 1980, this was the non-overbearing way that American power was felt in the region.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/14/united-states-middle-east-egypt-turkey-saudi-arabia-israel/

Depleted uranium munitions, as well as depleted uranium-enhanced armour, have been previously used by US tanks in the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq’s T-72 tanks and again in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as well as in Serbia and in Kosovo.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/what-is-depleted-uranium-shells-russia-ukraine-b2407268.html

From 2003 through 2012, the U.S. provided $60.64 billion to fund Iraq’s security forces and civilian reconstruction, according to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2023/0321/US-in-Iraq-What-remains-20-years-after-the-invasion?icid=rss

In addition to having guided the post-invasion political transition, the USA remains Iraq’s main source of security support and of military and development aid.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/03/iraq-2023-challenges-prospects-peace-human-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iraq-2023-challenges-prospects-peace-human-security

Iran shares the Shiite faith of a majority of Iraq’s population.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/world/middleeast/iraq-war-iran.html

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has tried to ease the strain between the militant groups that helped him reach power and the U.S. where Iraq’s foreign reserves are housed.

Source: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/30/airstrikes-over-eastern-syria-near-iraqi-border-kills-six-iran-backed-militants/

Iraq’s battle-hardened forces, after years at war with Iran, easily overwhelmed the country.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/worldnews/2023/12/16/kuwait-ruler-sheikh-nawaf-dies-at-86-after-weeks-in-hospital/

Iraq’s firm support during the crisis and the devastating earthquake as well.

Source: https://sana.sy/en/?p=310125

Local authorities said the building’s flammable materials also contributed to this disaster — the latest tragedy for Iraq’s shrinking Christian minority.

Source: https://thetablet.org/blaze-ignited-by-fireworks-kills-dozens-at-iraqi-wedding-ceremony/

Nasr explained that after Iranian Kurds mostly boycotted the 1979 referendum that established the Islamic Republic, many have been seeking safety in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where they have established political organizations opposing the Iranian regime.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/iraq-caught-in-crossfire-between-turkeys-and-irans-kurdish-agendas/

Not only were the weapons experts discounted, but the Iraq experts – whose concerns for Iraq’s history and culture were ignored, along with their warnings that Iraqis were unlikely to strew flowers in the path of the US, or any other, invader.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iraq-war-anniversary-20-years-lessons-b2303207.html

The United States assassinated General Soleimani, former commander of the IRGC Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq’s popular mobilization units, in a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/195632/Muslim-youths-will-avenge-General-Soleimani-assassination

The website Hot Cities ranked southern Iraq’s Basra as the hottest city in the world on Wednesday, with a temperature of 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius).

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/egypt-iran-heatwave-compounds-middle-east-electricity-problems-climate-change

Turkey’s neighbor has been urging Ankara to secure Iraq’s water share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which originate from Turkey.

Source: https://themedialine.org/headlines/turkey-iraq-to-build-new-transportation-corridor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkey-iraq-to-build-new-transportation-corridor

Turkish security forces conducted a successful air operation in northern Iraq’s Hakurk region, resulting in the elimination of six members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to a statement from Turkey’s Defense Ministry on Monday.

Source: https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/turkish-airstrike-neutralizes-6-pkk-members-in-northern-iraq/

While at times they have been supportive, they have also consistently interfered with Iraq’s efforts to prosper.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/middleeast/iraq-al-sudani-un.html