The political fate of Iraq hangs in the balance as Shias face off in a take-no-prisoners showdown, says Ibrahim Nawwar

Clashes in the south may appear serious, but for some it is simply a struggle over who controls the spoils of corruption in Iraq's oil industry, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti

Almost every development of significance in the last five years finds its point of origin in the disastrous US decision to wage imperial war on Iraq, writes Gamil Mattar