Baghdad
![The Budding Kurdish-Iranian Alliance in Northern Iraq](https://newlinesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/Sinjar-540x400.jpg)
The Budding Kurdish-Iranian Alliance in Northern Iraq
In the dusty farms and villages of Sinjar, the interests of Iran and Turkey collide. Here in northern Iraq, Tehran is allying with non-state actors in order to further its own interests — this time with the controversial PKK group, which will bring it into conflict with Ankara.
![Iraq’s Ministry of Death](https://newlinesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/CovidBaghdadHospital-540x400.jpg)
Iraq’s Ministry of Death
No one believes Baghdad will hold anyone to account for gross negligence that caused the death of dozens of patients at Ibn al-Khatib hospital. Mismanagement and greed will continue to triumph in Iraq as long as the current system, entangled in patronage, does not reform.
![Post-ISIS Security Pitfalls Lurk in a Small Town Near Baghdad](https://newlinesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/IraqPalmGroves-351x263.jpg)
Post-ISIS Security Pitfalls Lurk in a Small Town Near Baghdad
Though ISIS cells undeniably continue to operate in some Sunni-dominant areas, the use of forces linked to Shiite armed groups to conduct operations in Sunni-majority areas aggravates fears of human rights abuses and even “ethnic cleansing.”