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Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.
Environment
‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest
Yassin, a farmer from al-Sebat village in Rural Hasakah, stands in the yard where he keeps his livestock while explaining the catastrophic effects of drought on his life.
Climate Change
Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn
American Village entrance gates on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, the Kurdish defacto capital.
Military
Kurds grapple with US troop drawdown in Iraq
Iranian people attend a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran, Jan. 7, 2020.
Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for US strike on commander
Kurds celebrate to show their support for the upcoming independence referendum in Erbil, in nothern Iraq.
Conflict
Iraq’s Supreme Court orders suspension of Kurdish independence referendum
Lina Shahab is recovering in a hospital in Erbil, northern Iraq, after surviving an airstrike in Mosul.
Conflict
‘I saw everything burning’: Iraqi survivors of a suspected US coalition airstrike speak
Fuad Sharef Suleman and his family push their belongings after returning to Iraq from Egypt
Global Politics
Americans fought for an Iraqi family turned back by Trump’s order — and won
For two years, Ismail al-Kanon and his mother, Jandar Nasi, were captives of ISIS. More than most living under the terror group’s rule, they had reason to expect that they would never escape — because they were Iraqi Christians.
Conflict
How an Iraqi Christian teenager survived two years in the heart of the ISIS ‘caliphate’
The elite oil and gas unit of the peshmerga near Kirkuk
Economics
The curse of oil in Iraqi Kurdistan
Daniel Libeskind
Culture
The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.
A woman and her child, having fled Qayyarah, arrive at a front line position.
Conflict
Life under ISIS is ‘endlessly frightening and endlessly tedious’
Residents of Erbil buy groceries in a local market.
Lifestyle
Just 60 miles from ISIS, youth bowl, swim, see George Clooney in ‘Tomorrowland’
Mohammed Jamil lived across the street from Iman Shawan, who left the Kurdish community to join ISIS.
Conflict
Kurdish men are joining ISIS to kill their own people
Raid Latif has been making the Erbil-Baghdad trip for nearly five years. One one trip, he says he saw a car full of Iraqi security forces executed by ISIS fighters on the side of the road.
Conflict
Iraq’s Baghad-to-Erbil route is a lifeline, but still a dangerous one
The main atrium of this would-be mall is now home to hundreds of Iraqis from villages outside Mosul. Here the concrete floors and walls give families more protection than the displaced families living in tents in a public park just across the street.
Conflict
Erbil’s abandoned construction sites are a ‘saving grace’ for refugees
“Long live the Iraqi army,” tattooed on Sirgon Horomes’ arm. He says now he’s disappointed the army did not protect him and other Christians.
Conflict
Thousands of young Christian Iraqis have joined the fight against ISIS — but few have faith it will help
Conflict & Justice
The Kurds push for independence from Iraq, yet again
Volunteers have joined the Iraqi security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from a radical Islamic group (ISIL) who've taken over parts of northern Iraq.
Conflict & Justice
Iraq is ‘back where it was’ at height of the civil war
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Global Scan
In Ukraine, telling the sides apart isn’t always easy
Erbil's skyline, where construction is booming
Development & Education
Young entrepreneurs in Erbil, Iraq, are making a killing
Global Politics
Live from Iraq: Reaction to the U.S. Troop Pullout