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Men still missing, Yazidi women stitch together incomes after IS
Jul 14, 2019 (AFP)
Working in the Khanke displacement camp in the country's northwest, Shemmo glances down at the name tattooed on her left hand: Kero, her husband, still missing ...
In Iraq, minority children haunted by ghosts of IS captivity
Jul 14, 2019 (AFP)
Dozens of Yazidi and Turkmen children were rescued in recent months as IS's "caliphate", notorious for its use of child soldiers and "sex slaves", collapsed in ...
Iraq's former prime minister Abadi hints at comeback
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
As the government of incumbent Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi faces growing criticism over poor services, Abadi has been working in the wings to secure a secon...
Iraq launches new operation to secure desert near Syria border
Jul 07, 2019 (AFP)
The operation, dubbed "Will of Victory", began early Sunday morning and would push to clear the remote territory between the provinces of Salahaddin, Nineveh an...
Babylon, world wonder and jewel of Iraq's national narrative
Jul 05, 2019 (AFP)
Like Iraq, the 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian city has borne witness to the heights of grandeur and lows of destruction, a long legacy now recognised on the United...
Iraq sets up 'loophole' in US sanctions to buy Iranian power
Jul 02, 2019 (AFP)
The "special purpose vehicle" (SPV) would allow Iraq to pay for imported Iranian energy in Iraqi dinars, which Iran could use to exclusively buy humanitarian go...
Iraq denounces 'attack' on Bahrain embassy
Jun 28, 2019 (AFP)
On Thursday around 200 protesters upset by Manama's hosting of a US-led Middle East peace conference torched Israeli flags outside the Bahrain embassy in Baghda...
Bahrain recalls Iraq envoy over Baghdad embassy protest
Jun 27, 2019 (AFP)
Some 200 protesters also burned Israeli flags while hoisting the flags of Iraq and Palestine in a demonstration outside Bahrain's embassy in the Iraqi capital, ...
Betrayal, guilt, hate: post-IS, Mosul society still broken
Jun 23, 2019 (AFP)
Nearly two years since the group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city, seeds of distrust, betrayal and resentment planted during jihadist rule have begun bea...
Suicide blast at Shiite mosque in Baghdad kills two: police sources
Jun 21, 2019 (AFP)
The blast hit the Imam Mahdi al-Muntadhar mosque in Baladiyat, near the massive and densely-populated district of Sadr City. "At least one attacker wearing a be...
Shells on American interests threaten Iraq's fine line between Iran, US
Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)
The incidents were not claimed but largely originated from areas where Shiite-dominated armed groups loyal to Tehran and deeply opposed to Washington have free ...
Elite US Navy Seal goes on trial for Iraq war crimes
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, is charged with several war crimes including premeditated murder, attempted murder of two civilians with his snip...
Iraq lifts nearly 30 km of blast walls from Baghdad: official
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
Since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, T-walls -- thick barriers about six metres tall and one metre wide -- have surrounded potential targets of car bombs ...
NZealand calls time on mission in Iraq, Pope wants to visit Iraq in 2020
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
Wellington deployed troops on a "behind-the-wire" training mission in 2015 to boost the ability of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to fight the Islamic State gr...
Iraq harvests go up in smoke, but who lit the fires?
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
Farmers in the country's breadbasket had been hoping for bumper wheat and barley harvests in May and June, following heavy winter rains. Instead, many saw their...
NATO Iraq mission not disrupted by Iran tension: commander
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
Washington ordered the evacuation of non-emergency staff from its Baghdad embassy last month due to an alleged growing threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias...
Baghdad Green Zone set to open around the clock
Jun 03, 2019 (AFP)
"From the first day of Eid al-Fitr" marking the end of the Muslim month of fasting for Ramadan, "the Green Zone will be completely open", Prime Minister Adel Ab...
Storytelling, games make Iraq comeback on Ramadan nights
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
Traditional storyteller Abdel Wahed Ismail, a red fez atop his head, yellow scarf draped over his shoulders, in a black gallabia gown, captivates audiences in t...
Three French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq
May 26, 2019 (AFP)
Captured in Syria by a US-backed force fighting the jihadists, Kevin Gonot, Leonard Lopez and Salim Machou were transferred to Iraq for trial. They have 30 days...
Long after guns fall silent, Mosul residents suffer hearing loss
May 26, 2019 (AFP)
The 59-year-old lost her sense of sound in the final phase of the ferocious battle between government forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group, not long ...
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