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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Airstrikes hit hospitals in Syria’s Idlib region as insurgents fight Assad forces

White Helmets say at least 18 people killed in strikes on five healthcare facilities including maternity hospital

The Guardian - UK

Starmer: record net migration shows Tories ran ‘open borders experiment’

PM says previous government ‘deliberately liberalised’ post-Brexit immigration as he announces deal with Iraq

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary signs ‘world-first’ deal with Iraq to tackle people smuggling

Yvette Cooper took part in a three-day visit to the country this week.

The Independent UK

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What is the PKK? Six from banned Kurdistan Workers Party arrested

The PKK is recognised as a terrorist organisation in the UK

Evening Standard

Review: A True Crime Podcast About a Massacre in Iraq

Season three of the In the Dark podcast divulges new details about U.S. Marines' killings of 24 Iraqis in 2005.

Reason

How women’s basic rights and freedoms are being eroded all over the world

From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women are being eroded as governments start rolling back existing laws.

The Conversation

Iraq conducts first national census in nearly 40 years

Count stokes tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan, with fears that reduced numbers will lessen Kurdish clout in sectarian system.

Al Jazeera

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Iraq launches its first national census in nearly four decades

Iraq has begun its first nationwide population census in decades in a step aimed at modernizing data collection and planning in a country long impacted by conflict and political divisions

The Independent UK

Iraq Holds Its First Census In Nearly 40 Years

Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and ethnic divisions.

International Business Times

Court-martialed military veteran sentenced to over 4 years in prison for Capitol riot attack

A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in riot at the U.S. Capito on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate

President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought was settled long ago: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines

The Independent UK

Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquest

Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah.

LiveScience

What happened in Abu Ghraib and why did a US court award damages?

The case marks the first time victims of abuse at the hands of US soldiers in Iraq in 2004 have testified in court.

Al Jazeera

Iran-Linked Attacks Against U.S. Surge, Israel Targeted

Iran-linked groups increase attacks on the U.S. and Israel, prompting U.S. responses. Tensions rise in the region as conflicts intensify.

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Al Jazeera

Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, $42m damages

Defence contractor CACI, whose employees worked at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib, ordered to pay damages after 15-year legal delays.

International Business Times

US Contractor Ordered To Pay $42 Mn To Iraqis Tortured At Abu Ghraib

A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, their lawyers said.

The Independent UK

Former Abu Ghraib prisoners awarded $42 million as US military contractor found liable for helping in torture

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago

The Independent UK

Archaeologists discover ancient site of key Iraq battle thanks to old spy photos

Iraqis who grew up under the rule of Saddam Hussein were all familiar with the battle in minute detail

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The Independent UK

'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program

After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

International Business Times

Syrians, Iraqis Archive IS Jail Crimes In Virtual Museum

After jihadists jailed him in 2014, Iraqi religious scholar Muhammad al-Attar said he would sometimes pull his prison blanket over his head to cry without other detainees noticing.

Evening Standard

Iraq 'to pass law' allowing girls as young as nine to marry while stripping women of other rights

Amendment set to end freedoms given to women under Law 188

The Independent UK

Retrial of military contractor accused of complicity at Abu Ghraib soon to reach jury

A jury could begin deliberations as soon as Thursday on whether a Virginia-based military contractor bears responsibility for abuse of detainees 20 years ago at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison

The Independent UK

University to set up public archive on work of renowned Independent journalist Robert Fisk

Over the course of his career, Fisk travelled to Syria, Iraq, Bosnia, and Lebanon and interviewed Osama Bin Laden on three occasions

Digital Camera World

Trail cameras prove essential in saving Persian leopards in Iraq as shown in David Attenborough’s new ‘Asia’

There are thought to be fewer than two dozen left in the area, that is also home to millions of unexploded minefields

The Guardian - US

‘Everybody told me not to do it’: can a movie shift a presidential election?

As the US heads to the polls, film-makers and writers of political movies released in election years discuss their intentions and influence

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