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White Man's Burden: After years of slavery under Daesh, now Christian missionaries swoop in to convert Iraq Yazidis
"It's like IS but actually worse than IS. There is no distinction between someone who forcibly converts you at gunpoint, like IS, and someone who manipulates your difficult circumstances to pressure you into converting"
De-dollarization picks up steam: Iraq joins China, Brazil to dump US dollar
Over the past few days, senior political leaders, in most parts of West Asia, have been persistently making statements, suggesting the dollar's dominance in the region may fade
Kiss and Tell: Did lip-locking begin in 2500 BC?
Although lip kissing is an act that’s so natural and common in many present-day societies, the history and causes for kissing are more complex than anticipated
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei calls US an 'unreliable friend', says even one American in Iraq is too many
The United States has some 2,500 troops in Iraq to help advise and assist local troops in combating Islamic State, which in 2014 seized territory in the country
PM Mohammed Shia al Sudani helping Iran boost military influence in Iraq, claim reports
Iran has reportedly boosted its influence in neighbouring Iraq through the use of Iranian proxies - a process allegedly aided by Mohammed Shia al Sudani
Ukraine's foreign minister to visit Iraq
During his visit, Kuleba is expected to hold talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein as well as Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani
Few hundred Iraqi Kurds protest ongoing Turkish military bombardments
Sulaimaniyah, the second city in Iraq's independent Kurdish region, saw some 400 demonstrators walking through its centre, many of them in their middle years
Amid Ukraine war, India’s oil imports from Russia now double of traditional top supplier Iraq
India, the third-largest importer of petroleum after China and the United States (US), has been buying relatively cheap Russian oil that was on sale after some nations in the West avoided it as retaliation for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Republican Leader McConnell opposes repeal of Iraq war powers at Senate
McConnell, who is home recovering from a fall earlier this month, is weighing in for the first time as the Senate is poised, as soon as Wednesday, to repeal the decades-old authority for the Iraq war
Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote
Only now, 20 years after the Iraq invasion in March 2003, is Congress seriously considering walking it back, with a Senate vote expected this week to repeal the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq
Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province
This is the latest in a series of attacks witnessed over the last month in the central Iraqi province of Diyala, located north and east of Baghdad. Security officials say at least 19 civilians have been killed by unidentified assailants, including in two targeted attacks.
US warns Iran after tit-for-tat strikes in Syria
The violence could further aggravate already strained relations between Washington and Tehran, as attempts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers stalled, and Iranian drones being used by Russia against Ukraine
US vows to protect personnel in Syria after deadly attack
Just a day after the deadly attack on U.S. personnel in Syria, which Washington blamed on a drone of Iranian origin, sources said a U.S. base in Syria's northeast was targeted with a new missile attack. U.S. officials said there were no U.S. casualties in the incident on Friday
Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq
In Iraq, the Kurdish region won de facto self-rule in 1991, when the United States imposed a no-fly zone over it in response to Saddam's brutal repression of Kurdish uprisings
20 years of Iraq war: Normalcy returns, but the many challenges Iraq continues to battle
Iraq remains traumatised from the years of war, occupation and bloody sectarian turmoil that followed the operation launched on 20 March, 2003. A semblance of normalcy has returned, but it still battles a range of entrenched challenges, from political instability to poverty and rampant corruption
UK court jails Iraqi immigrant for stabbing teenager in hopes of deportation
Reportedly, Mohammed, who had grown bored with life in a taxpayer-funded hotel in Bournemouth, committed the knife assault in the hope that it would result in his deportation from the UK, Southampton Crown Court was informed
Twenty years on, US Senate to finally end authorization for war on Iraq
Lawmakers have been arguing for years that Congress has ceded too much authority to the president over whether troops should be sent into combat, by passing and then failing to repeal open-ended war authorizations that presidents have then used for years to justify military action around the world
How many asylum seekers are admitted to the UK in comparison to Europe?
A record 45,755 people arrived in the UK on small craft in 2022, compared with 28,526 in 2021, according to government data. More than 3,000 people have arrived on the English coast already in 2023, compared with 1,500 by this time last year
US will continue to have boots on ground in Iraq, says Lloyd Austin on unannounced trip to Baghdad
The United States currently has 2,500 troops in Iraq - and an additional 900 in Syria - to help advise and assist local troops in combating the Islamic State (ISIS), who seized swathes of territory in 2014 in both countries
'Heist of the century': Iraq issues arrest warrants against officials accused of $2.5 billion theft
The case, which has been dubbed "the heist of the century", sparked outrage in oil-rich Iraq, which critics say is plagued by corruption