Kamaran Palani

The vi­o­lence af­ter Muq­ta­da al-Sadr’s res­ig­na­tion may have stopped for now, but the coun­try’s cri­sis has only deep­ened.

But only if they unite.

These groups are un­der­min­ing ef­forts to im­prove Er­bil-Bagh­dad re­la­tions and reestab­lish se­cu­ri­ty in the north.

Dis­agree­ment in Bagh­dad over the pres­ence of US troops threat­ens to desta­bilise the coun­try.

Since 2003, Iraq has not seen the type of up­heaval it wit­ness­es to­day. Could it lead to gen­uine po­lit­i­cal change?