Rouhani’s Moderation Welcomed By Sistani, Iraqi Clerics in Najaf

After shunning the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad administration, Ayatollah Ali Sistani granted Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a meeting, which has been distorted by Iran’s hard-line Arabic media.

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Economists divided over deletion of zeros on Iraqi dinar

While the Central Bank of Iraq has been considering deleting three zeros from the currency for several years, economists remained divided over how markets would be affected.

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Iraqi Sunni Leader Accused Of Inciting Violence Against Shiites

Revered by Anbar youth as a protector of their rights, Iraqi Sunni leader Ahmad al-Alwani has recently taken heat for allegedly inciting Sunnis to kill Shiites.

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Iraqi Kurdistan Hit by First Suicide Bombing in Six Years

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PUK Falls to Third Place In Iraqi Kurdistan Elections

The preliminary electoral results in Iraqi Kurdistan show the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to be the biggest winner, with the new Movement for Change coming in second.

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Iraq's Failed 'Democracy' Disheartens Activists

Amid violence and rampant corruption, many Iraqi youth are frustrated with the slow pace of democratic change in the country.

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Young Iraqis Vent Frustrations On Facebook

In light of Iraq’s tightly controlled media and an increasingly dangerous security situation, many of the country’s youth have turned to Facebook to organize protests and voice dissent.

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English Learning Lags in Iraq

English is the most daunting and frequently failed subject in Iraq’s end-of-school exams, indicating a need to update teaching methodologies and focus on it earlier.

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Daily Suicide Bombings Keep Iraqis in State of Shock

As daily bombings and killings in Iraq have risked becoming regarded as mundane and normal, attention has shifted to the Iraqi government’s apparent lack of recognition of the human cost its country’s unstable security situation entails.

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Iraq's Sunni-Shiite Killings: When It’s Based on a Name

In a time when something as simple as your name or accent can condemn you to death, many Iraqis, particularly the youth, are distancing themselves from divisive sectarian identities.

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Tracing Syrian Conflict Back to Iraq’s Civil War

The relationship between Iraq and Syria has always been close, yet contradictory, with some arguing that the economic and political results of the Iraqi civil war led to the outbreak of Syria’s current conflict.

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New School Year Challenges Iraqi Families

While some posit that there have been improvements in Iraq’s educational system since 2003, the country still grapples to accommodate its student population just as families struggle to cover basic school expenses.

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