Assassination attempt against Iraqi PM sparks fear of 'return to chaos'

A drone attack on the residence of the Iraqi prime minister has raised the specter of continuing violence by nonstate actors in the country after elections in which Iran-linked armed groups lost dozens of parliamentary seats.

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Islamic State attack sparks sectarian bloodletting in Iraq’s Diyala

An Islamic State attack has triggered a crescendo of acts of violence against and displacement of Sunnis in Iraq’s Diyala province, which borders Iran and has long suffered the presence of cells operating in its dense orchards and parts of the Hamrin Mountains.

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Militants get death sentences for killing two Iraqi journalists

The Iraqi criminal court sentenced two militiamen affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah to death for assassinating two journalists in Basra in January 2020.

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Assyrian discoveries in northern Iraq unearth new challenges

For the first time in more than 150 years, archaeologists found large Assyrian rock reliefs in Iraq, but protecting the discoveries unveils new challenges.

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Iraq sentences confessed killer of two journalists to death

Local television reporter Ahmad Abdessamad and his cameraman, Safaa Ghali, were killed in Iraq's southern city of Basra last year.

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Iran presumed behind attack on US outpost in eastern Syria

Drones that targeted US forces in the Syrian desert in late October were allegedly Iranian.

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Militias protest after losses in Iraqi election

The results of Iraq's Oct. 10 parliamentary elections came as a shock to political parties affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Units, as they lost more than half of their seats in parliament.

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Iraq sends troops to Diyala after attack by Islamic State

The Iraqi government is seeking to prevent both further attacks by the terrorist group and outbreaks of sectarian violence.

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Iraqi independents to form new parliamentary bloc

Representatives of the demonstrations and independent candidates did well in the Iraqi elections, unsettling many existing political elites.

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Iraq opts for clean energy in ambitious energy reform program

Iraq is signing contracts with international companies to produce clean energy in a bid to curb its rising pollution curve.

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Germany sentences Islamic State woman to jail over Yazidi child's death

The Munich court found Jennifer Wenisch, a German national, guilty of “two crimes against humanity in the form of enslavement."

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The Takeaway: Iraq shadowed Colin Powell, but his character showed through even then

Pinkwashing in Tunisia?; Russia, Iran, Turkey, Syria and the Caucasus; Breast reconstruction surgery still taboo in Gaza; Wheelchair basketball scores — all in less than 1,500 words!

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