Very little trust after borders abandoned in Iraq (6)
I believe the answer is:
rarely
'very little' is the definition.
'rarely' can be an answer for 'little' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'very' bit.
'trust after borders abandoned in iraq' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'trust' could be 'rely' (to rely on is to trust) and 'rely' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ra' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rarely that I've seen before include "Very occasionally" , "once in a blue moon" , "Not very often, seldom in fact" , "Gas used in fluorescent signs" , "when hundred-to-one horse wins?" .)