List of Iraq articles
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alnuri From the Rise of the Caliphate to the Fall of Mosul, One Family’s Journey
Residents of this shattered city initially welcomed the Islamic State, but the honeymoon was short. The damage left behind will take generations to heal.
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Syrian residents of the rebel-held town of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, break their fast with the "iftar" meal on a heavily damaged street on June 18, 2017, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / Hamza Al-Ajweh (Photo credit should read HAMZA AL-AJWEH/AFP/Getty Images) Can Stories About Food Upend Familiar Narratives of War?
Refugees are often portrayed as helpless victims — reporting on culture and cuisine is one way to tell the whole story.
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TOPSHOT - Iraqi forces deploy in the Bajwaniyah village, about 30 kms south of Mosul, on October 18, 2016 after they liberated it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains on the Islamic State group in Mosul in an offensive US President Barack Obama warned would be a "difficult fight". / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Forces Carry Out Revenge Killings Against ISIS Suspects
As Iraqi forces gain upper hand, Sunni Muslims become the victims of further sectarian crimes.
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A flag of the autonomous Kurdistan region flies as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position to monitor the area from their front line post in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16, 2014. Kurdish troops backed by US warplanes launched a bid to recapture Mosul dam, Iraq's largest, from Islamic State jihadists, a senior Kurdish military official said. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Iraqi Kurds Want America as Their Divorce Lawyer
Kurdish leaders are trying to persuade the United States to broker a potentially explosive split between Erbil and Baghdad.
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Newly re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures after delivering a televised speech in the capital Tehran on May 20, 2017. A portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen in the background. Iranians have chosen the "path of engagement with the world" and rejected extremism, President Hassan Rouhani said following his resounding re-election victory. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Regime Change in Iran Would Be a Disaster for Everyone
Donald Trump says Iran is a threat to the region, but his administration might be the real danger.
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04_mosul hospital and hotel_8july2017_wv2_digitalglobe_wm copy Mosul, Before and After, in Satellite Images
Aerial photographs of seven sites in Mosul from 2015 and now illustrate the extent of the city's destruction.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Is This the End of ISIS?
The Islamic State has lost the battle for Mosul. Raqqa will be next to fall. But is the so-called caliphate dead — and who are the winners?
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Rational Security on The E.R.: The “Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue” Edition
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were all smiles at their first meeting, but the latest Russia revelations are rocking the White House.
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A member of the Iraqi forces walks through the rubble past humvees, during the offensive against Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the Old City of Mosul, on July 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Fadel SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images) Mosul Back in Iraqi Hands, But Still ‘Tough Fight Ahead’
After a Verdun-length battle, Iraq’s second city has fallen. ISIS isn’t dead yet, though.
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A picture taken on July 1, 2017, shows the black flag of the Islamic State (IS) group moving in the wind near the medical complex in the Shifa neighbourhood, on the west bank of Mosul, on July 1, 2017, where they are battling some of the last members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in the city. / AFP PHOTO / Fadel SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images) What Comes After ISIS?
The jihadi group's defeat in Mosul and Raqqa is about to usher in a new era — and new conflicts — across the Middle East.
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Iraqi Christians attend a Holy Mother Mary mass at the church of Mart Shmoni in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on May 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) Is It Still a Muslim Ban if Christian Refugees Are Punished?
The Trump administration has decided to deport Iraqi Christians back to their dangerous homeland, and the timing is more than a little suspicious.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-ER The Rocky Path Toward Kurdish Independence
David Kenner is joined by Campbell MacDiarmid and Douglas Ollivant to discuss Campbell's recent interview with Kurdistan's President Masoud Barzani about the Sept 25, 2017 referendum on independence.
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An image grab taken from a July 2014 propaganda video showing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Can the Islamic State Survive If Baghdadi Is Dead?
Rumors are swirling that the Russians may have killed the ISIS leader. But lopping off the head won’t kill the snake.
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GettyImages-694085720 Islamic State Revenues Down 80 Percent from 2015
A new report says the caliphate’s days are numbered.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 22: (ISRAEL OUT) In this handout photo provided by the Israel Government Press Office (GPO), US President Donald J Trump (L) and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner meet with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the King David Hotel May 22, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. Trump arrived for a 28-hour visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority areas on his first foreign trip since taking office in January. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images) Give Trump a Chance in the Middle East
Bush and Obama already helped destroy the region and damage U.S. interests there. How much worse could it get?
