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Iraq war victims turn to social media to find medical help
Middle East
November 18, 2018
Iraq war victims turn to social media to find medical help
BAGHDAD (AP) — It was spring 2007 in northern Iraq when 6-year-old Saja Saleem raced home from school with the…
Iraq rail service back on track after war with Islamic State
Travel
November 11, 2018
Iraq rail service back on track after war with Islamic State
BAGHDAD/FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – At Baghdad’s grand but half-empty railway station, a single train is sputtering to life. It is…
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
Middle East
January 2, 2018
Drug use, sales soar in Iraq’s Basra amid nationwide spike
The rows of self-harm scars that course upward on the teenager’s forearms from her wrists nearly to her elbows are…
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014
Middle East
August 21, 2016
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014
Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly…
Inquiry finds UK, US failed to curb destabilizing purge of Iraqi Ba’athists
Middle East
July 8, 2016
Inquiry finds UK, US failed to curb destabilizing purge of Iraqi Ba’athists
A British inquiry into the Iraq War found that an aggressive purge of members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party led…
Inquiry slams Blair over Iraq war, reveals secret commitment to Bush
World
July 6, 2016
Inquiry slams Blair over Iraq war, reveals secret commitment to Bush
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told U.S. President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq "I…
Trump praises Saddam Hussein for killing ‘terrorists’
World
July 6, 2016
Trump praises Saddam Hussein for killing ‘terrorists’
Donald Trump has praised late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for killing off "terrorists", reprising previous comments in support of dictators…
Tony Blair says he’s sorry for Iraq War ‘mistakes,’ but not for ousting Saddam
Middle East
October 25, 2015
Tony Blair says he’s sorry for Iraq War ‘mistakes,’ but not for ousting Saddam
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he's sorry for "mistakes" made in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003,…
Kurdish movie recalls 25-year-old woes
Cinema/TV
October 28, 2014
Kurdish movie recalls 25-year-old woes
In his third cinematic endeavor, "Memories on Stone," featuring at the narrative competition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, director…
Iraq army retakes Saddam’s birthplace
World
July 4, 2014
Iraq army retakes Saddam’s birthplace
The Iraqi army retook Saddam Hussein's home village overnight, a symbolic victory in its struggle to seize back swathes of…