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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Stella Martany

Baghdad's newly opened skate park offers safe space Iraqi youth have longed for

Iraq Skate Park - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad as they were in the chaotic years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, or at the height of the battle to push back the Islamic State group.

But while violence has decreased, many young Iraqis say their opportunities remain limited.

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