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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 ...
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
A one-room home made of elaborately woven palm reeds floats on the river surface. Near it, a soft plume of smoke curls up from a firepit where carp is being gri...
Iraq caught in the middle of US-Iran face-off
May 21, 2019 (AFP)
Analysts say third parties may seek to exploit the latest spike in tensions between Tehran and Washington to spark a showdown that serves their own interests. I...
Katyusha rocket fired into Baghdad Green Zone
May 19, 2019 (AFP)
"A Katyusha rocket crashed into the Green Zone without causing casualties," the Iraqi security services said in a brief statement without giving further details...
Iran showing 'maximum restraint,' US escalation 'unacceptable': Zarif
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
"The escalation by the United States is unacceptable," Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Tokyo where he is holding talks with Japanese officials. "We exercise maximu...
Born under IS, sick Iraqi children left undocumented, untreated
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
"It's unjust," said Salima, a 36-year-old mother of four living in the Laylan 2 displacement camp in northern Iraq. Three of her children were born under IS rul...
US orders embassy staff from Iraq amid Iran 'threat'
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
A senior Democratic senator demanded President Donald Trump's administration brief Congress on the Iran threat, warning that the US legislature has not approved...
German, Dutch armies halt Iraq training amid Iran tensions
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
"The German army has suspended the training," defence ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff said, adding that there was "generally heightened alert, awareness" for ...
In Iraq, academics restock Mosul's barren bookshelves
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
To track down the books, he has had to travel 400 kilometres (250 miles) south to Baghdad, and even a further 600 kilometres to Basra. "Everything is reversed t...
Fears of new jihadist 'academies' as Iraqi jails fill up
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
Prison was a pivotal moment for many prominent jihadists -- not least of them Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS's Iraqi supremo who remains at large despite the collapse...
At least 8 dead in Baghdad suicide bombing: security official
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
"A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up close to stalls at the crowded Jamila market," said the senior police officer, who asked not to be n...
On visit, Pompeo sees Iraq guarantees on 'imminent' Iran threat
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
The top US diplomat's unannounced visit marked an effort to stand up Washington's ties with Baghdad as it pushes ahead with its "maximum pressure" against Tehra...
In Iraq, religious rap meets a chorus of controversy
May 06, 2019 (AFP)
The ear-splitting drums reverberated around the hall as Iraqi teenagers shouted back rhymes venerating the Prophet Mohammad's grandson and other honoured figure...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in Kurd mortar attack from Iraq: ministry
May 04, 2019 (AFP)
"Three of our brothers in arms died as martyrs after mortar fire from northern Iraq by terrorists," the ministry said, in reference to the Kurdistan Workers Par...
84 children returned to Tajikistan from Iraq: official
May 01, 2019 (AFP)
Eighty-four children, all Tajik citizens, had been "forced to join the ranks" of the militant groups after their parents were recruited, according to the statem...
Iraqi premier warns IS weakened, not defeated
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
An IS propaganda video released Monday with a purported appearance by the jihadist group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi showed him in what appeared to b...
Elite US Navy SEAL facing war crimes charges for killings in Iraq
Apr 28, 2019 (AFP)
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a decorated 39-year-old veteran of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, is still a hero in the eyes of many Ameri...
Iraq says more than $60 mn stolen from Mosul after governor sacked
Apr 22, 2019 (AFP)
Iraq's anti-corruption Integrity Commission said officials from the Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the capital, had embezzled a total of $64 million in pub...
In Iraq, tribal traditions rob women, girls of rights
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
The 22-year-old spent three days in hospital in Iraq's southern Misan province last summer before succumbing to her wounds, recalled sheikh Haydar Saadoun. "A u...
Torture ongoing in Iraq jail despite documentation, HRW says
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
HRW documented new torture allegations early this year at the Faisaliya prison in northern Iraq, around six months after publishing a report on what it said wer...
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