The coronavirus is above all a fight against the corrupt state and the social inequalities produced by it.

Are religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?

Mapping the conflict and its casualties can change our understanding of this war and any war.

High-tech warfare is not defeating the US’s many enemies any better than its vast army did – and that leaves the...

Iraq’s uprising is unmasking all the sectarian leaders attempting to ride the revolutionary wave.

Trump’s assassination of Qessim Soleimani follows a policy of international lawlessness that has been supported by...

How is Soleimani’s demise likely to alter Iran’s policy options?

Between 2003 and 2020 the only constants have been the following: communal violence, terrorism, poverty, weapons...

After the death of hundreds of people since the eruption of Iraq’s revolution in October, there is no return to the...

The US responded to the Iraqi insurgency with punishment raids. It didn’t work, but today’s commanders don’t seem to...

Protestors are clear: they do not want reforms, they want a revolution.

Initially described as protests over the economy, they have become a call for revolution.

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In today’s Iraq, there are plenty of Saddams and plenty of Ba’athist-like parties that enjoy an agreed balance of power.

For Iraqi youth, the demands for social justice and economic redistribution cannot be separated from the claim for...

Is it 2003 all over again – but with Iran and Iraq on the same side this time?

As the Trump administration weighs war, Iraqis prepare a carnival for peace

The US is trying to create a Middle Eastern coalition to undermine Iran. They are sixteen years too late.

It remains to be seen whether this so called ‘new Iraq’ is as post-sectarian as some academics and journalists claim.

Iraqis are suffocated by a rampant militarization and hypermasculinity.

Iraq must take urgent and significant actions to provide better protection for the Yezidi women and girls and make...