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Prospects for Iraq in 2017
Significance
The government has launched an offensive against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, the country's second city, which will determine political and economic developments in 2017. There are challenges to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who has failed to build a political base for his reform project launched in August 2015.
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2016
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