Sinan Salaheddin
The Associated Press
Iraq
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Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq's postwar recovery
The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq's stagnating economy, threatening the new government's ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests. Brent crude oil, used to price international purchases → Read More
Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq's postwar recovery
BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq's stagnating economy, threatening the new government's ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests. Brent crude oil, used to price international purchases, briefly rose above $85 a barrel in October but has since plummeted to less than $55… → Read More
Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq’s postwar recovery
Plunging oil prices threaten Iraq's postwar recovery and could stoke more instability. → Read More
Plunge in oil prices threatens Iraq's postwar recovery
The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq's stagnating economy, threatening the new government's ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests. Brent crude oil, used to price international... → Read More
Amnesty says Islamic State group decimated rural Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group's deliberate destruction of agriculture in northern Iraq has hindered the return of hundreds of thousands of residents, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday. → Read More
Iraq welcomes Nobel Peace Prize winner Murad
Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country's president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy on behalf of victims of wartime sexual violence. Murad, a member of Iraq's Yazidi minority, was among thousands of women and girls who were captured and... → Read More
Nobel laureate returns to Iraq, pledges to work for peace
Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country's president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy on behalf of victims of wartime sexual violence. → Read More
Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State
The government declared Monday a national holiday, and a moment of silence is planned for later in the day. Checkpoints in the capital were decorated with Iraqi flags and balloons, as security forces patrolled the streets playing patriotic music. → Read More
Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq on Monday celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks. The government declared victory last December after a grueling three-year war in which tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Entire towns and… → Read More
Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq on Monday celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks. → Read More
Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State
Iraq on Monday celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks. The government declared victory last December after a grueling three-year war in which tens of... → Read More
Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find medical help
Feeling helpless and neglected, Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find free medical help, new chance at life → Read More
Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find medical help
Feeling helpless and neglected, Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find free medical help, new chance at life. → Read More
Iraqi war victims turn to social media to find medical help
It was spring 2007 in northern Iraq when 6-year-old Saja Saleem raced home from school with the good news about her excellent grades, hoping to receive the gift her father had promised her. "All of a sudden, I found myself spinning into the air with fire trailing from my school uniform... → Read More
Slaying of Instagram star shocks Iraq
She was a 22-year-old former beauty queen, fashion model and social media star, whose daring outfits revealed tattoos on her arms and shoulder. Tara Fares won fame and 2.8 million Instagram followers in conservative, Muslim-majority Iraq with outspoken opinions on personal freedom, such as:... → Read More
Iraq Has a New, Moderate President and Shiite Prime Minister
The prime minister-designate will have 30 days to form the new government → Read More
Iraq elects new president in step toward forming government
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's new president has tasked veteran Shiite politician Adel Abdul-Mahdi with forming a new government nearly five months after national elections were held, state TV reported late Tuesday. → Read More
Iraqi protesters set fire to provincial government building
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi protesters stormed and set fire to a provincial government building in the southern city of Basra, despite a curfew imposed by authorities Thursday to try and quell demonstrations against poor public services and unemployment that have turned violent. Three protesters were shot dead by security forces, according to a medical and a security official. They spoke on condition… → Read More
Iraqi cleric calls for parliament session on Basra clashes
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday called for an urgent parliamentary session to discuss the situation in the southern city of Basra, where protests against poor public services and joblessness have turned violent, prompting authorities to impose a curfew. → Read More
Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday suspended the country's electricity minister over a power crisis amid mushrooming protests in the country's Shiite heartland demanding better services and jobs. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made the announcement on his Twitter account, saying the suspension... → Read More