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Iraqi Kurds bury activist killed in Paris attack

Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Mourners gathered Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan for the politically charged funeral of activist Emine Kara, one of three Kurds killed in a December attack in Paris.

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Iran Pressures Iraq to Prosecute Those Responsible for Soleimani’s Killing before Int’l Courts

A day after the Popular Mobilization Committee and a number of pro-Iran armed factions organized an event to commemorate the third anniversary of the assassination of the IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, Tehran renewed its calls on the Iraqi government to reveal the “killers”. Ali Akbar Velayati, Iran's Supreme…

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Iraq to host soccer's Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979

After decades of war, invasions and instability, Iraq hosts the eight-nation Gulf Cup soccer tournament starting on Friday for the first time since 1979

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The Kurds, a nation without a state: A century-long fight for rights and autonomy

In this special edition of Middle East Matters, we focus on the Kurds. Spread across four nations, they are the world's largest stateless ethnic group. Indigenous to the Middle East and numbering at least 35 million, the Kurds have sought to establish a homeland of their own since the fall…

France 24

In Iraq, graft helps push property prices out of reach

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi telecommunications worker Youssef Ahmed is married with a five-year-old son, but lives with his parents because he is unable to afford his own home amid soaring property prices.

AFP

Iraq says ex-official returned fraction of stolen billions

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq said Tuesday it had recovered another $2.6 million in public funds fraudulently withdrawn from a government account, but the money is still only a fraction of the $2.5 billion that disappeared.

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Iraq Oil Revenues Top $115 Billion in 2022

Iraq's oil revenues in 2022 exceeded $115 billion, according to preliminary figures announced by the oil ministry on Tuesday -- a four-year high following a collapse in prices during the coronavirus pandemic. Oil production accounts for some 90 percent of Baghdad's income, and the country is the second largest producer…

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Iraq's Mosul rises from the ashes, five years after liberation from IS group

Five years after the end of the war against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, the fight against jihadist holdouts continues in some areas. In Mosul, which lived for more than three years under the yoke of the terrorists, residents are determined to reconquer their cultural and historical heritage.…

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Iraq oil revenues top $115 billion in 2022

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's oil revenues in 2022 exceeded $115 billion, according to preliminary figures announced by the oil ministry on Tuesday -- a four-year high following a collapse in prices during the coronavirus pandemic.

AFP

Year 2022 Saw Erosion of Middle East National Currencies

The year 2022 witnessed an unprecedented decline in the exchange rates of a number of national currencies in some Middle Eastern countries, most notably Egypt, Türkiye, Sudan and Iraq. The value of some of the region’s currencies fell against the US dollar, while others saw very sharp deteriorations, as is…

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Anniversary of Soleimani, Muhandis’ Killing Stirs Debate over Iraq-US Ties

Several Iraqi provinces declared Tuesday an official holiday to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilization Forces deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The office of the prime minister denied, however, that it had sanctioned such a holiday. Soleimani and al-Muhandis…

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US Navy Seal reveals what his team told Saddam Hussein after being captured in Iraq

The details emerged as retired US Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland, part of the team that tracked down the fugitive, spoke for the first time about the arrest on December 13, 2003

Daily Mirror

Fight against NI Cyber attacks being headed up by Iraq War veteran

The Security Operations Centre (SOC), which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland

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Iraq’s Top Court Holds Political Forces Responsible for Widespread Corruption

The Federal Supreme Court in Iraq recognized the lack of real will of the political class to combat corruption.

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Iraqi Security Dismantles Largest Crude Oil Smuggling Network in Basra

The Iraqi National Security Agency has announced that the committee investigating the oil theft in Basra uncovered the largest crude oil smuggling network. The new announcement may be linked to the arrest of nine senior officers in early November, including top officials of the protection police involved in oil and…

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Declassified cabinet papers from 2002 show little mention of impending war in Iraq

In 2002, Australia was on the cusp of joining the United States-led invasion of Iraq and had already committed troops to Afghanistan — but previously secret cabinet records make very few references to what would become a decades-long engagement in the Middle East.

Daily Mirror

Surgeon who saved Brit soldiers in Iraq now helping Ukrainians attacked by Putin

Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime in 1999 aged 27 and started a new life in Australia, where he trained as an orthopaedic surgeon. He became a world expert on osseointegration

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The Day Saddam Hussein’s Corpse Was Laid in Front of Maliki’s Home

Friday marked the 16th anniversary of the execution of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The death sentence did not come as a shock.

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The Independent UK

Ex-Labour MP Alice Mahon dies aged 85

The former MP for Halifax was an outspoken critic of Sir Tony Blair and the war in Iraq.

The Independent UK

Former IS families face neighbors' hatred returning home

Some women who were once affiliated with the Islamic State group have gone home to the Syrian city of Raqqa, but they are struggling to be accepted with their children in their former communities

Axios

U.S. says nearly 700 ISIS operatives killed in Syria and Iraq this year

"No U.S. forces were injured or killed in these operations," CENTCOM said.

AFP

Between war and red tape, many Iraqis lack official papers

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - Married for over a decade, Alia Abdel-Razak is one of a million Iraqis deprived of crucial civil status documents, often caught in legal limbo in a country paralysed by bureaucracy and the ravages of war.

Tribune News Service

Nearly 700 Islamic State operatives killed in 2022, US says

WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces and their allies in Iraq and Syria killed almost 700 Islamic State operatives, including several of the organization’s leaders, in 2022, according to the US Central Command.

The Conversation

Is the terrorism threat over?

Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible).

AFP

Turkish court refuses to release doctor in chemical arms trial

Istanbul (AFP) - A Turkish court Thursday refused to release a top doctor who faces years in jail for demanding a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in Iraq.

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