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Iraq
Protesters set fire to Iran consulate in Najaf - Iraq
1 Dec
World
Protesters have stormed the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi city of Najaf and set fire to the entire building, authorities said. Police reportedly fired live rounds into the crowd but failed to prevent the breach.
Iraq: Many killed in renewed anti-government protests
24 Nov
World
Anti-government protesters took to the streets after authorities lifted a two-day round-the-clock curfew. Dozens of people have been killed after four days of mass protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.
What's behind the protests in Iraq?
24 Nov
World
Crisis-ridden Iraq has been plagued by violent protests that have left dozens dead. Anger over living conditions in the country shows no sign of abating, but what exactly is fueling it?
Ripe for revolution? Iraq street protests defy political status quo
10 Nov
World
Ripe for revolution? Iraq street protests defy political status quo
Iraq protests: Deadly clashes in Karbala
30 Oct
World
More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured when Iraqi security officials "opened fire on protesters" overnight, according to reports. Anti-government protests have entered their fifth day across Iraq.
Violent protests result in 1 dead, 200 injured in Iraq
5 Oct
World
Hundreds of people took to the streets in different parts of Iraq to demand more basic services and to protest corruption and unemployment, a situation that in Baghdad devolved into a pitched battle between security forces and demonstrators that left one protester dead and some 200 people injured.
Northern Iraq: Postwar Boom
24 Sep
World
The Islamic State's war in Iraq also paralyzed the Kurdish region even though it was largely spared from the fighting. Now the economy there is recovering from the disruption.
Across decades, families of missing Iraqis share endless anguish
8 Sep
World
The table running across Samya Khasro's living room wall is a shrine to the missing: flickering candles and fading photographs of her 26 Iraqi relatives who vanished 35 years ago. Iraq is one of the countries with the highest number of missing or disappeared persons, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), with numbers ranging between 250,000 and well over a million.
Turkish jets bomb Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat killing
22 Jul
World
Turkish warplanes have struck a mountainous region near the Iraq-Iran border, where a Kurdish separatist group is known to operate. Ankara blames them for Wednesday's killing of a Turkish diplomat in Erbil.
UNESCO lists Iraq's Babylon as World Heritage Site
8 Jul
Entertainment News
UNESCO adds the sprawling Mesopotamian city of Babylon to its World Heritage List, boosting Iraq's hopes of revived tourism nearly two years after jihadists ravaged other celebrated sites. Iraq had been trying since 1983 to have the site -- a massive 10-square-kilometre complex of which just 18% has been excavated thus far -- recognised by UNESCO.
Pope Francis intends to visit Iraq in 2020
10 Jun
World
In a Vatican audience, the pope reiterated his desire to visit Baghdad, despite security concerns. He also called out Western hypocrisy for claiming to promote peace while selling weapons abroad.
After war and terror, Iraq plagued by drug crisis
26 May
Africa
After war and terror, Iraq plagued by drug crisis.
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