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The world’s first museum was curated by a princess. A tour reveals the origins of the zodiac, calculus and writing

Around 2,500 years ago, a princess living in what is now modern-day Iraq collected a number of artefacts, including a statue, a boundary stone and a mace head. The items, which show signs of preservation, date from around 2100 BCE to 600 BCE. This collection, it is generally thought, was…

The Conversation

For Iraqi Christians, Pope Francis' visit was a rare moment of hope

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after one of the darkest chapters in the country’s recent history

The Independent UK

What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis

I was there with US soldiers in 2006 and can see why the film-makers zoomed in on them so closely. But it results in glaring flaws, says Guardian senior international correspondent Peter Beaumont

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Warfare review – nerve-shredding real-time Iraq war film drags you into visceral frontline combat

Co-directors Alex Garland and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza recreate a 2006 battle with almost unbearable intensity – and a dazzling ensemble cast

The Guardian - UK

US To Withdraw Some 1,000 Troops From Syria

The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday.

International Business Times

Weather tracker: sandstorm turns Iraqi skies orange and empties the streets

Thousands go to hospital with respiratory problems after massive dust cloud blows in from Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?

In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal and immersive new film, memory informs the events that take place in real time to a unit of soldiers in Iraq

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Crop circles surround Iraq's multicolored 'Sea of Salt' after years of drought — Earth from space

This 2024 astronaut photo shows the striking colors of Iraq's Razazah Lake, surrounded by a host of strangely circular fields.

LiveScience

At least 1800 hospitalised in Iraq as sandstorm halts flights and triggers power outages

Airports in Najaf and Basra temporarily shut as visibility impaired due to the sandstorm deemed to be the biggest this year

The Independent UK

Iraq veteran and film-maker Ray Mendoza: ‘Writing Warfare with Alex Garland was like going to a therapist’

The former US Navy Seal on working alongside the Ex Machina director to produce a war movie that’s as true to life as possible

The Guardian - UK

Iraqi Markets A Haven For Pedlars Escaping Iran's Economic Woes

Every Friday, Alawi crosses the border from Iran into Iraq to sell his produce in the markets of Basra, which serve as a haven for Iranians grappling with economic sanctions.

International Business Times

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Ray Mendoza Break Down the Brutal Truth Behind Their Movie 'Warfare'

The film, released by A24, reconstructs a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in meticulous detail. Ray Mendoza, part of the SEAL team in the story, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, the actor who plays him, tell how it all went down.

Latin Times

Tariffs Failed in the Middle East—America Shouldn't Make the Same Mistake

Protectionism in Egypt and Iraq fueled corruption, stagnation, and smuggling—not prosperity.

Reason

Executions at 10-year high after huge increases in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International confirms 1,518 people executed in 2024 but says real total is likely to be thousands more

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Chopping Onions on my Heart by Samantha Ellis review – an Iraqi Jew’s celebration of an endangered culture

In this deeply personal but wryly funny memoir, the author examines her Middle Eastern ancestry and asks what it means to witness her community and their traditions fade from memory

The Guardian - UK

‘Too sticky. Too saucy. Too weird’: could I persuade my son to eat the food of my heritage?

Before she became a mother, Samantha Ellis secretly judged other parents who let their children subsist on white bread and pesto-pasta. And when her son was born she couldn’t wait to share the Iraqi Jewish food of her ancestors. Unfortunately, he had other ideas …

The Conversation

How Islamic State used video to legitimise its caliphate

The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been described as an “accident of history” which took place as a result of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003.

The Independent UK

A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year's parade in Iraq

Witnesses and officials in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk say a man with an axe has attacked a new year's parade by Assyrian Christians, and three people have been wounded

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The Independent UK

Trump threatens to bomb Iran unless deal on nuclear program is reached

President exited Obama-led nuclear agreement with Iran after taking office in 2017

The Guardian - UK

The death of my friend inspired me to follow my standup dreams

For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she needed

The Independent UK

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal Iraq film Warfare offers only violence – to its detriment

3/5 The director of ‘Civil War’ and a real-life Iraq veteran have rounded up a cast of young stars – including Will Poulter, Kit Connor and Charles Melton – for a film that focuses on a few hours of chaos in Ramadi province in 2006

International Business Times

Three Years On, Families Still Mourn Relatives Drowned In Channel

Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021.

Al Jazeera

Palestine keep hopes of first World Cup alive with dramatic Iraq turnaround

Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group B qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.

The Independent UK

US warns Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militant groups

‘The government of Iraq must ensure it has command and control of all security forces’ within its borders, State Department declares

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Migrant’s Unbelievable Claim Works in Court: No ID, No Phone, No Deportation

An Iraqi man has managed to avoid being deported from the UK after claiming a people smuggler tossed his ID and forced him to get rid of his phone while on his way to Britain.

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