Post-war, the United Nations ordered Iraq to pay billions of dollars in compensation to its oil-rich southern neighbour. With Saddam gone and Baghdad under the control of the United States, a long-time Kuwaiti ally, Iraq believed the reparations would be cancelled and friendly relations resumed, Nizar Latif reports for The National. Instead, Kuwait has been urging the UN Security Council to uphold the repayments, with $25.5 billion (Dh94bn) still owing. An extra $16bn in debt, lent to Iraq durin...
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