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Basra

 

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

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jun/20/
flares-of-despair-the-human-costs-of-iraqs-oil-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraq        FR / UK / USA

 

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    *****

 

 

 

 

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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How big is Yemen, anyway?

 

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