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In Iraqi holy city, row over female violinist at soccer match shows social rift
Middle East
August 8, 2019
In Iraqi holy city, row over female violinist at soccer match shows social rift
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – The match should have been cause for young Iraqis to celebrate. Their national team beat Lebanon…
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes
Middle East
August 6, 2019
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes
HASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – Despairing of the corpses and debris littering the streets, many Iraqis have left their…
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
Middle East
August 4, 2019
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Yazidi women and girls who were enslaved and raped by Islamic State militants have few choices.…
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
Business
August 3, 2019
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
“Germany must not be a safe haven for war criminals.” It is a sentence police inspector Klaus Zorn repeats several…
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
Middle East
August 2, 2019
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said,…
Turkey determined to destroy ‘terror corridor’ in Syria
Middle East
July 27, 2019
Turkey determined to destroy ‘terror corridor’ in Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his country is determined to destroy what he called…
Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
Middle East
July 24, 2019
Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces were sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad on Tuesday as part of…
Iran reassures Iraq over freedom of maritime navigation: ministry
Middle East
July 23, 2019
Iran reassures Iraq over freedom of maritime navigation: ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has reassured Iraq that there will be freedom of international maritime navigation in the Strait of…
Fire at Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halts crude loading: Iraqi officials
Middle East
July 16, 2019
Fire at Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halts crude loading: Iraqi officials
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – A fire at Iraq’s southern Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halted crude loading operations on…
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Middle East
July 14, 2019
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonizing ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic…