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Syria Mission Worth the Risk, Milley Says after Visit

The nearly eight-year-old US deployment to Syria to combat ISIS is still worth the risk, the top US military officer said on Saturday, after an unannounced visit to a base to meet US troops in the country's northeast, Reuters reported. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

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Iraq: Disintegration of Coordination Framework, or New Early Elections

Sources close to influential parties in Iraq point that the political equation that brought about the government of Mohammad Shia al-Sudani will undergo sharp changes. The sources cited various circumstances, the most important of which is the highly probable return of the leader of As-Sadr movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to the…

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Ericsson to Pay $206 Mln over Corruption Case in Iraq

Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST) agreed to pay a $206 million fine and plead guilty after violating a 2019 deal with US prosecutors that required the telecoms firm to properly disclose information on its activities in Iraq, China and Djibouti. The plea agreement with the US Justice Department follows a scandal over…

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Guterres Calls on Erbil, Baghdad to Find Concrete Agreements on ‘Pressing Issues’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed on Thursday the UN’s support for Iraq's efforts to return people displaced by years of conflict. Guterres and a delegation including Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Jeanine-Plasschaert visited the Nineveh Governorate, said the media office of National Security…

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Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs

Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members

The Independent UK

Graphic novel spotlights dangerous lives of Iranian Kurdish 'Kolbars'

The Persian-Kurdish word "Kolbar" can be translated to "one who carries a load". It's used to describe those who carry goods illegally across the mountainous border between Iran and Iraq, and elsewhere in the region. Kolbars in Iranian Kurdistan turn to the job out of economic desperation and dozens of…

France 24

Sudani Announces Start of Preparations for 3rd Baghdad Conference

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani informed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that his government was preparing for the third edition of the Baghdad Conference. Guterres arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday evening, on his first visit to the country in six years. Following a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Fouad…

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UN chief praises Iraqi progress towards stability in rare visit

The United Nations chief on Wednesday praised Iraq for its repatriating citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group and pledged international support for the country’s efforts to regain stability and security.

France 24

What history shows: How will the war in Ukraine end?

Despite Ukraine’s gains against Russia, experts believe a frozen conflict or painful truce is most likely. Here is why.

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UN chief praises moves toward stability in rare Iraq visit

The U.N. chief has praised Iraq for repatriating its citizens detained in neighboring Syria on suspicion of ties to the Islamic State group during a rare visit to Baghdad

The Independent UK

Watch live: UN Secretary General holds news conference in Baghdad in first Iraq visit for six years

Watch live as Antonio Guterres holds a news conference in Baghdad for his first trip to Iraq in six years.

The Independent UK

Authorities in Iraq and Egypt launch social media crackdown

Iraq's government is going after what it calls "decadent content" on social media. Users of TikTok, Instagram and other platforms who are found to breach "morals and traditions" can now be jailed. The campaign was announced in January and so far, a dozen people have been arrested. Our correspondent Marie-Charlotte…

France 24

Ancient Restaurant Highlights Iraq's Archeology Renaissance

An international archeological mission has uncovered the remnants of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant or tavern in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq. The discovery of the ancient dining hall — complete with a rudimentary refrigeration system, hundreds of roughly made clay bowls and the…

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Ancient restaurant highlights Iraq's archeology renaissance

An international archeological mission has found the remnants of a 5,000-year-old restaurant in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq

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UN Secretary-General Visits Iraq for the First Time in Six Years

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Iraq for his first visit in six years Tuesday in a show of "solidarity" after a drawn-out political crisis in the country. Guterres said he wanted to demonstrate "solidarity with the people and the democratic institutions of Iraq and a solidarity that means that…

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Iraqi MP Calls on UN to Intervene to Stop ‘Terrorist Militias’ in Diyala

Iraqi MP Raad al-Dahlaki has submitted an official request to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) to intervene and put an end to the “security chaos” caused by “terrorist militias”. This appeal follows an incident in Al Jubaylah village left nine framers dead. Dr. Ahmed al-Madfai, a prominent…

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Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

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Three killed in Turkish drone strike against YBS fighters in Iraq

A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Monday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi Kurdistan's counterterrorism service said.

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Iraqi President Says Country Now Peaceful, Life Is Returning

Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by US-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is at peace, democratic and intent on rebuilding economic life while maintaining a government that serves the whole country and the region. Rashid told The…

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Iraqi president says country now peaceful, life is returning

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid says he wants the world to know that his country now is at peace, nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein

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Iraq: Levels of Tigris and Euphrates Plunge in South

Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages. In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the…

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A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad review – inside Iraq’s two decades of war

The decorated journalist paints a tragic, brutal picture of the buildup to a conflict that engulfed a nation, and those who sought to profit from the war

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ISIS Attacks on Syria Truffle Hunters are Deadliest in a Year

The ISIS group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than a year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria, even as people of northern Syria have been digging out of the wreckage from the region’s devastating earthquake. The bloodshed was a reminder…

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Iraq to Allow Trade with China in Yuan

Iraq's central bank said on Wednesday it planned to allow trade from China to be settled directly in yuan for the first time, in an attempt to improve access to foreign currency. The central bank has been taking urgent steps to compensate for a dollar shortage in local markets, which…

The Independent UK

IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year

In recent days, the Islamic State group has carried out its deadliest attacks in more than year, killing dozens of civilians and security officers in the deserts of central Syria

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