Iraq
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Iraq: Two Decades Since the Crime, Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability
The United States government has apparently failed to provide compensation or other redress to Iraqis who suffered torture and other abuse two decades after evidence…
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Militia state or transport hub: Iraq can’t be both
Revolutionary developments are afoot for strategic control of major trans-Middle East transport routes. Kuwait and Iraq are tussling over control…
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Three killed, 16 injured in ethnic clashes in Iraq, curfew imposed
At least three Kurds were killed and 16 people wounded Saturday during protests in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk,…
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Iraq expels Sweden’s Ambassador Over Quran Burning
Iraq has expelled Sweden’s ambassador and recalled its top diplomatic representative from Sweden over the desecration of the Quran in…
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Protesters Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Amid Continuing Anger Over Quran Burning
Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breaking…
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Iraq’s militias: Double the size, double the money, double the threat
Mushrooming funding for the Tehran-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary movement in Iraq has almost doubled their size to 238,000 personnel and…
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Iraq condemns the Turkish “flagrant attacks” after the bombing of Sulaymaniyah Airport
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Saturday condemned the bombing, which was attributed to Turkish forces, and targeted Friday , Sulaymaniyah airport in Iraqi…
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Twenty years after invasion, is Iraq salvageable?
The cataclysmic Iraq invasion was built on lies and fraudulent motivations, shattering the balance of the region in a manner…
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Daesh and the Hashd enable each other’s war to dominate Iraq
Daesh and the militants of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi in Iraq are two sides of the same coin: both wallowing in extreme…
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Turkish regime airstrikes on Northern Iraq, Syria left several casualties
News sources reported on Sunday morning that Turkish regime airstrikes on some areas in northwestern Iraq and northern Syria left…
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