EPISODE · Aug 17, 2026 · 25 MIN
Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US
from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian
With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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