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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Thousands hospitalised as dust storms show Iraq’s growing desertification problem

There could be as many as 300 dust storms each year in Iraq by 2050, Baghdad has warned

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Flights disrupted and people urged to stay home as sandstorms hit Middle East

Sandstorms are typical during summers but in recent months, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have been battered by an unprecedented number

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Ninth sandstorm in less than two months shuts down much of Iraq

Public sector ordered to close except for health and security services, while airports suspend flights

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2022

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More Hardship as New Sandstorm Engulfs Parts of Middle East

A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places. It was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms this year that have bewildered residents and raised alarm among experts and officials,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 23, 2022

More hardship as new sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East

A sandstorm has blanketed parts of the Middle East including Iraq, Syria, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Intra-Kurdish Rapprochement Paves Way for Resolving Political Impasse in Iraq

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani revealed that common ground has been outlined for resolving the political impasse in the region and all of Iraq, announcing at the same time the suspension of media campaigns between the two main parties in the region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 23, 2022

‘A very erudite killer’: Phil Klay and Bob Shacochis on endless war, January 6 and American patriotism

‘I don’t know if [Ashli Babbitt] would rewrite the script of her death or not’, Shacochis told Holly Baxter during an interview at the Santa Fe Literary Festival

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

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Iran’s regional centrality and isolation

The U.S. has a tough choice between its strategic objectives in West Asia and the implications of Iran’s location

The Hindu · May 22, 2022

Revolutionary Guards Say Colonel Assassinated in Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran. Khodai was "one of the defenders of the shrines", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, referring to military personnel or advisers who Iran says fight on its behalf…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 22, 2022

Margaret Beckett is still wrong about the Iraq war and WMD claims

Letter: Frank Jackson on the former Labour deputy leader’s recollections about the 2003 Iraq war

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Revolutionary Guards say colonel assassinated in Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran.

Reuters · May 22, 2022

Worlds apart: 24 hours with two refugees in Poland

An Iraqi Kurd and a Ukrainian, part of families with young children, take us through a day in their lives as refugees.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2022

British man faces further two-week wait as Iraqi court postpones smuggling case

Retired geologist Jim Fitton has been accused of trying to take artefacts out of the country.

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Iraqi court postpones smuggling case against Briton, German

An Iraqi court has postponed the trial of two European tourists charged with antiquities smuggling after their lawyers argued more information was needed about the ancient shards found in their possession

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · May 22, 2022

Erbil Requests a UN Envoy to Organize Relations with Iraq

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq announced that the Security Council approved a request submitted by Erbil to send a UN envoy to organize the relationship with Baghdad and find radical solutions for their differences. The Presidency said in a statement that Council members expressed their support of…

Salon · May 22, 2022

Increase gas and oil? Absolutely not

Author of "The World Without Us" on his recent trip to Iraq — and why the Ukraine war is no excuse to pump more oil

The Guardian - US · May 21, 2022

The audience chuckled at George W Bush’s Iraq-Ukraine gaffe. I’m not laughing

I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the depravity and horror of the former president’s 2003 invasion of Iraq

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 21, 2022

Turkey Accuses SDF of Obstructing Voluntary Return of Syrian Refugees

Turkey accused the Kurdish forces in Syria of obstructing the return of Syrian refugees, noting that it had begun working with Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon to secure their “voluntary return.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that his country will continue its war against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG),…

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The Guardian - US · May 20, 2022

Stephen Colbert on Bush’s gaffe: ‘A refreshingly lighthearted confession to war crimes’

Late-night hosts discuss Bush accidentally calling the invasion of Iraq ‘wholly unjustified and brutal’, and Roe v Wade

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Blowback as Bush gaffes Iraq war, not Ukraine, 'unjustified'

Former President George W

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 19, 2022

US Sanctions Lebanese Businessman, his Firms over Hezbollah Ties

The US Treasury Department on Thursday issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions, designating Lebanese businessman and the Iran-backed group's financial facilitator, Ahmad Jalal Reda Abdallah, and his companies. Abdallah, five of his associates and eight of his companies in Lebanon and Iraq were sanctioned and added to the sanctions list of the…

The Guardian - US · May 19, 2022

George W Bush accidentally admits Iraq war was ‘unjustified and brutal’ in gaffe

Former president makes slip when speaking at his presidential library in Dallas on Wednesday

Salon · May 19, 2022

Bush condemns "brutal invasion of Iraq"

"Iraq too," Bush added to laughs from the crowd, leaving critics stunned and aghast

WEKU · May 19, 2022

Trying to condemn the war in Ukraine, Bush inadvertently calls Iraq war unjustified

In a speech, Bush criticized "the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq — I mean of Ukraine."

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2022

‘Freudian slip’: Bush decries ‘invasion of Iraq’ – not Ukraine

Former US President George W Bush appears to admit 2003 invasion of Iraq was ‘wholly unjustified, brutal’ in speech.

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