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Unless Abadi succeeds in this urgent mission the sectarian divide will continue to widen, making any attempt to launch political reforms, and regaining the trust of the country’s Sunnis, almost impossible (AFP/File)

December 14th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Opinion: Iraq Needs to Move Beyond Sectarian Politics in Order to Succeed

It will take many years for Iraq to fully recover from the deep wounds left by [ISIS], the self-proclaimed “caliphate” whose fighters swept through the country in 2014 wreaking havoc and occupying more than one-third of its territory at one point.

A man smokes infront of the wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad earlier this year. Five people in Baquba, north of the capital, died after a car bomb exploded on Tuesday. (AFP/File)

September 10th, 2013 - 11:17 GMT

Five dead in Iraq car bomb attack

Iraqi men inspect the site of an explosion on September 4, 2013 that took place the previous day in Baghdad. Al Qaeda's Iraqi faction, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, has taken responsibility for the attacks. (AFP)

September 8th, 2013 - 03:47 GMT

Iraqi Al Qaeda claim bomb attacks that killed 50

At least 26 people were killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday morning. (Getty images)

August 28th, 2013 - 07:49 GMT

Bombing wave hits Baghdad, killing at least 26

A member of the Iraqi interior ministry's security forces stops a taxi cab for inspection at a checkpoint in Baghdad on August 27, 2013. (AFP)

August 27th, 2013 - 07:11 GMT

Nine killed across Iraq in wave of violence

Iraqis inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near the office of Al-Ahad television channel, which is affiliated with a Shiite militant group, in Baghdad's eastern neighbourhood of Baladiyat on August 15, 2013. (AFP)

August 18th, 2013 - 07:18 GMT

12 security personnel killed in flurry of attacks across Iraq

Muslim Shiites women pray during the ceremony commemorating the birth of Imam Mehdi, the 12th holiest figure for Shiite Muslims. in Karbala on Monday. Several bombs targeted Shiites on Monday evening, as sectarian violence grows. (AFP)

June 25th, 2013 - 06:32 GMT

At least 30 killed by wave of Iraq bombings

By-standers look at the wreck of a bomb used in a sectarian suicide attack in Baghdad. AFP Photo

May 23rd, 2013 - 02:00 GMT

Iraqi PM orders army shuffle to combat violence

An Iraqis looks at dead sheep killed in two roadside bombs that detonated in a sheep market in the northern city of Kirkuk (Marwan Ibrahim / AFP)

May 21st, 2013 - 11:28 GMT

At least 12 killed on fresh day of deadly violence in Iraq

Iraq and Jordan sign an agreement to build an oil pipeline between the two nations

April 9th, 2013 - 07:27 GMT

Iraq and Jordan sign oil pipeline deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Iraq about indirectly aiding the Syrian regime. (AFP)

March 25th, 2013 - 07:47 GMT

U.S. foreign secretary pushes Iraq to cooperate over Syria

Iraqi anti-government protesters shout slogans following the weekly Friday prayers in the western city of Ramadi. (AFP PHOTO/AZHAR SHALLAL)

February 23rd, 2013 - 06:00 GMT

Anti-Qaeda militia attacked while protests rage in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamil al-Maliki

April 22nd, 2012 - 02:02 GMT

Iraq brands Turkey ‘hostile,’ with a sectarian agenda.