Iraq’s impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US – podcast

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 Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...