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Shia Abbas, 60, from Nassiriya,
waits by the bed of her nephew, Ali Saad
Hashem, 11,
who is being treated for leukaemia
at Basra children’s hospital.
The paediatric oncology ward has 45 beds,
and sick children can spend months here.
Flares of despair: the human costs of Iraq’s
oil – in pictures
Pollution and extraction of water
are having a huge impact on local
communities.
High rates of cancer and respiratory
problems are the norm,
while marshes dry out and fish die in the
rivers
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Tue 20 Jun 2023 07.30 BST
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Iraq
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/iraq
https://www.npr.org/people/535034360/jane-arraf
https://www.npr.org/sections/iraq/
(archive)
https://www.npr.org/sections/iraq/archive?date=11-30-2010 (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/5132118/
conversations-on-iraq (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/5049266/
iraq-elects-a-new-government (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/5041282/
iraq-security-and-strategy-series/about-npr/183726490/awards (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/6397803/
exiting-iraq-a-discussion (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/6502458/
iraq-the-way-forward (archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/12841654/
iraq-has-the-troop-increase-helped
(archive)
https://www.npr.org/series/5393295/
the-challenge-of-policing-iraq (archive)
2024
https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/
yazidis-long-road-back-isis-2024-11-16/
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/
iraqs-missing-yazidis-inside-long-search-islamic-state-captives-2024-11-16/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/
world/middleeast/yazidi-genocide-mass-graves.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/31/
us-and-iraq-launch-joint-raid-killing-15-islamic-state-militants
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/03/
iraqs-yazidis-gather-to-remember-the-dead-and-missing-
10-years-on-from-islamic-state-genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/21/
iraq-idp-camps-closure-isis-islamic-state-yazidi-sinjar-
survivors-fear-return-home
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/
world/middleeast/tiktok-iraq-killing.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/
1231592409/middle-east-conflict-iraq-us-iran-backed-militias
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/07/
1229849017/kataib-hezbollah-leader-killed-us-drone-strike-iraq-iran-backed
2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/
world/middleeast/iraq-iran-militias-jurf-al-nasr-weapons.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/nov/24/
tears-of-the-tigris-a-journey-through-iraq-in-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/18/
iraqs-invisible-beauty-review-a-photographers-eye-on-a-vanished-history
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jun/20/
flares-of-despair-the-human-costs-of-iraqs-oil-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/
discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jan/23/
iraq-wetlands-hawizeh-marshes-climate-crisis-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/07/
1051468823/iraq-marshes-climate-change-cop26
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/27/
i-think-about-everyone-i-save-the-mine-clearance-hero-of-kurdistan
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/26/
how-super-detector-dogs-are-helping-free-iraq-
from-the-terror-of-isis-mines
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/
1015532879/more-than-60-people-dead-
after-hospital-fire-in-southern-iraqi-city
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/11/
isis-fighters-regroup-in-the-heart-of-iraq
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/110621/
en-irak-le-corps-des-femmes-est-un-champ-de-bataille
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/04/
982414244/we-will-never-break-in-iraq-
a-yazidi-womens-choir-keeps-ancient-music-alive
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/05/
pope-francis-baghdad-iraq-tour
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/280221/
l-irak-post-saddam-hussein-une-enorme-machine-cash
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/
middle-east-biden-resumption-traditional-diplomacy-analysis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/
rocket-attack-us-airbase-iraq-kills-civilian-contractor
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/150221/
le-clientelisme-premier-pilier-de-la-corruption-en-irak
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/dossier/international/
l-irak-un-pays-gangrene-par-la-corruption - February 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/
world/middleeast/yazidi-funeral-isis-iraq.html
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/31/
making-our-home-safe-again-meet-the-women-who-clear-land-mines
https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/documentaires/international/
irak-destruction-d-une-nation-
la-serie-documentaire-evenement - 29 January
2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/
959115619/twin-suicide-bombings-in-baghdad-market-
kill-and-wound-dozens
2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/23/
our-blood-is-cheaper-than-water-iraqis-anger-over-trump-pardons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/
trump-pardons-
blackwater-contractors-jailed-for-massacre-of-iraq-civilians
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/06/
the-big-picture-on-the-road-to-mosul-paolo-pellegrin
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/
940208630/nothing-left-in-the-world-except-these-bones-
yazidis-search-for-mothers-remains
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/
iraqi-deputy-pm-says-economy-faces-existential-crisis
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/
935513762/white-house-orders-
thousands-of-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-and-iraq
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/31/
929089229/pulling-off-a-halloween-prank-during-a-deployment-in-iraq
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/29/
izzat-ibrahim-al-douri-obituary
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/29/
929022515/iraqi-family-identifies-their-son-as-isis-teen-
at-center-of-navy-war-crimes-tria
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/26/
izzat-ibrahim-al-douri-saddam-hussein-right-hand-man-dies-at-78
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/30/
918846802/tension-is-rising-in-iraq-
over-an-alleged-u-s-threat-to-close-its-embassy
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/
886540260/in-iraq-authorities-continue-
to-fight-uphill-battle-against-antiquities-plunder
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/30/
885758165/a-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-causes-outrage-in-iraq
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/
873232716/laid-off-by-u-s-contractor-iraqi-interpreters-fear-isis-retaliation
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/
807725624/iraqs-powerful-protests-forced-political-change-
now-they-re-nearly-crushed
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/
793572224/iraqs-position-between-the-u-s-and-iran
2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/
iraq-in-turmoil-as-45-shot-dead-by-security-forces-in-protests
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2019/nov/26/
murals-of-baghdad-the-protest-art-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/
925501046/christian-refugees-from-iraq-on-their-new-lives-in-jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/
lens/yazidis-iraq-isis-back-home.html
2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/
645620765/angered-protesters-in-basra-torch-iranian-consulate
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/09/
613067263/isis-wives-with-children-in-tow-
are-handed-long-jail-sentences-or-death-penalty
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/
opinion/iraq-war-anniversary-.html
2017
https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/
kurdish-independence-referendum-lam-duc-hien/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2017/oct/09/
citizens-of-mosul-return-to-ruin-iraq-in-pictures
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/22/
552571060/what-to-know-about-the-independence-referendum-in-iraqi-kurdistan
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/18/
551482635/as-east-mosul-comes-back-to-life-west-mosul-remains-in-ruins
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/04/
545813138/he-died-alone-a-grieving-father-searches-for-his-teenage-son-in-mosul
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/07/21/
537121266/in-mosul-grim-homecomings-and-a-struggle-to-survive-in-a-city-now-free-from-isis
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/world/middleeast/iran-iraq-
iranian-power.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/18/
515823146/life-inches-back-to-normal-in-east-mosul-but-worries-remain
2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/world/middleeast/iraq-
civilians-flee-mosul.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/
world/middleeast/isis-iraq-insurgency.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/09/
465146827/in-chaotic-iraq-isis-is-just-one-challenge-among-many
https://time.com/3900753/
isis-iraq-syria-army-united-states-military/ - May 28, 2015
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/19/
france-bombs-isis-depot-iraq-islamic-state
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/middleeast/baghdad-
bomb-attack.html
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2010/09/21/
la-france-la-guerre-iran-irak-et-les-affaires
_680556/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/feb/26/
iraq.iraq
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/16/
world/french-expected-to-sell-iraq-jets.html
Iraqi USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/world/middleeast/iraq.html
Iraqi Kurdistan
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/27/
i-think-about-everyone-i-save-
the-mine-clearance-hero-of-kurdistan
Yazidi ethnic minority group UK / USA
https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/
yazidis-long-road-back-isis-2024-11-16/
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/
iraqs-missing-yazidis-inside-long-search-islamic-state-captives-2024-11-16/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/03/
iraqs-yazidis-gather-to-remember-the-dead-and-missing-10-years-on-
from-islamic-state-genocide
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/
world/middleeast/yazidi-funeral-isis-iraq.html
2014 > northern Iraq >
Sinjar massacre > Yazidi survivors
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/21/
iraq-idp-camps-closure-isis-islamic-state-yazidi-sinjar-survivors-fear-return-home
Baghdad USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/
world/middleeast/baghdad-bombings.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/middleeast/baghdad-
bomb-attack.html
The Sumerians
UK
The Sumerians
were the inhabitants of Sumer,
which is the
earliest known civilisation
in the historical
region of Mesopotamia,
located in
modern-day southern Iraq.
According to
archaeological evidence,
they built about
a dozen city-states
in the fourth
millennium BC.
(...)
The Sumerians
were ancient pioneers,
having advanced
the craft of writing,
writing
literature, hymns and prayers.
They built the
first known cities
as well as
creating the first known code of law.
They also
perfected
several existing forms of technology,
including the
wheel, the plough and mathematics.
The epic of
Gilgamesh,
considered the
world’s oldest surviving piece of literature,
derives from five
Sumerian poems.
They were also
notably
one of the first
civilisations to brew beer,
which was seen by
the ancient people
as a key to a
healthy heart and liver.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/17/
discovery-of-4500-year-old-palace-in-iraq-may-hold-key-to-ancient-civilisation
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