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An Iraqi waterway nearby oil fields (AFP/FILE)

February 10th, 2019 - 11:17 GMT

Draining Upstream, Chaos Downstream: The Eco-Political Disaster of Iraq’s Waterways

Water is the key holding all of Iraq together. It is rapidly draining.

More oil has been discovered in Iraqi-Kurdistan

April 28th, 2013 - 01:21 GMT

Oil discovery confirmed in Iraqi-Kurdistan

Kurdistan is set to export oil to the world via Turkey, in a move that will provoke Baghdad.

April 17th, 2013 - 12:08 GMT

Kurdistan to export oil via Turkey

Jordan and Iraq have signed a preliminary agreement for a new oil pipeline

April 17th, 2013 - 06:46 GMT

Jordan and Iraq sign Aqaba-Basra pipeline agreement

Iraq has drawn international condemnation for executing 21 people in one day

April 16th, 2013 - 06:56 GMT

Iraq executes 21 nationals drawing international condemnation

Iraq and Jordan sign an agreement to build an oil pipeline between the two nations

April 9th, 2013 - 07:27 GMT

Iraq and Jordan sign oil pipeline deal

A man holds a CD with a photo of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein (AFP/Ahmad Al Rubaye)

April 8th, 2013 - 08:32 GMT

Iraq announces De-Baathification law overhaul

Egypt’s minister of planning and international cooperation Ashraf El-Arabi (Photo: Al-Ahram)

March 26th, 2013 - 07:36 GMT

Egypt eyes Iraq for a $4 billion cash boost

An Iraqi Kurdish woman visits the grave of her sister, who was killed in a gas attack by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 1988 (AFP Photo)

March 17th, 2013 - 10:07 GMT

Hundreds gather to mark 25th anniversary of Halabja gas attack

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon during clashes with government forces in the streets near Aleppo international airport in northern Syria on Monday (Photo: AFP/Stephen J. Boitano) - Picture used for illustrative purposes -

March 11th, 2013 - 09:57 GMT

Qaeda in Iraq claims responsibility for Syrian casualties

Iraqi protestors shout slogans during a demonstration in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Friday demanding the ousting of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD AL-SAMARRAI)

March 2nd, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Iraq's finance minister resigns at anti-Maliki protest

Social workers and psychiatrists have long warned that failure to properly rehabilitate and care for traumatised children, particularly those who have lost their families, would eventually result in rising violence.

February 20th, 2013 - 12:10 GMT

A decade of occupation and war has left Iraq's children with hidden scars

A man who was allegedly killed in mortar attacks at Camp Liberty, an exile camp housing Iranian dissidents near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on February 9. Assailants fired dozens of mortars and rockets at the camp in a dawn attack that killed five people, the first deaths from violence since they resettled near Baghdad last year. (AFP Photo/HO/Mujahedeen-e-Khalq)

February 18th, 2013 - 07:19 GMT

Iran exiles in U.S. seek support following deadly rocket attack on refugee camp