Iraq

When he is not hauling concrete blocks on a construction site in northern Iraq, Jamal Hussein devotes his time to preserving the gentle art of Arabic calligraphy. Though he has won awards in numerous competitions, Hussein acknowledged…
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Saudi Arabia on Thursday expressed solidarity with Iraq and the Kurdistan region following devastating floods that killed and injured a number of people, and dozens reported missing. At least eight people in northern Iraq died Friday and…
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Eight people in northern Iraq died Friday in flash foods caused by torrential rains in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, provincial governor Omid Khoshnaw said. “The floods began at 4:00 am, and have left eight dead…
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As a backhoe dug up the ground to build trenches, Iraqi soldiers scanned the vast farming tracts for militants; not far away, their Kurdish counterparts did the same. The scene earlier this month in the small northern Iraqi farming…
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Iraq was a cradle of civilization long before it was established as a modern nation state exactly 100 years ago, the country’s prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, said during a speech on Saturday marking the country’s centenary.…
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The UAE President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, cabled his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih, congratulating him on the centenary of the founding of the modern Iraqi state. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and…
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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced on Friday evening that "33 thousand terrorists" have been "neutralized" in Syria and Iraq since the summer of 2015. Akar said in a speech before parliament that "the Turkish army launched a…
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The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Iraq that killed or injured dozens of people. Daesh has claimed responsibility. At least four people were killed and 20 injured in an explosion in Basra…
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Friends and fans flooded US-Iraqi beauty mogul Mona Kattan’s Instagram account on Saturday, after the Huda Beauty global president announced her engagement to Dubai-based businessman Hassan El-Amin. “Forever Ever,” Kattan captioned a…
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At least three civilians and seven Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in northern Iraq in an attack blamed on the Daesh jihadist group, the forces said Friday. The jihadists attacked the village of Khidir Jija, south of…
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