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Shiite fighters of paramilitary units burn an Israeli flag drawing during a rally to mark al-Quds Day em), a commemoration first initiated by Iran in 1979 to fall on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, in the capital Baghdad on June 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Raphael Ahren
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Raphael Ahren
Move over, Bahrain? Iraq signals interest in better ties with Israel
In remarkable recent comments, Baghdad’s US envoy listed good reasons for a detente with Jerusalem; though he wasn’t punished for his remarks, normalization still seems far off
An Iraqi Yazidi survivor displays a tattoo bearing the date fighters from the Islamic State group entered the village of Sinjar, at her tent in the Khonke camp for displaced persons in northwestern Iraq on June 24, 2019. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP)
July 14, 2019, 10:49 pm
In agony, Yazidi women torn between Islamic State kids and return home
Those who survived captivity at hands of jihadists are accepted back into the community, but their children, born of IS fighters from forced marriages, are not
By Maya Gebeily
Shiite fighters of paramilitary units burn an Israeli flag drawing during a rally to mark al-Quds Day em), a commemoration first initiated by Iran in 1979 to fall on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, in the capital Baghdad on June 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
July 11, 2019, 7:55 pm
Move over, Bahrain? Iraq signals interest in better ties with Israel
In remarkable recent comments, Baghdad’s US envoy listed good reasons for a detente with Jerusalem; though he wasn’t punished for his remarks, normalization still seems far off
By Raphael Ahren
Paramilitary fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces and members of the Iraqi armed forces advance through Hawija on October 5, 2017, after retaking the city from the Islamic State terror group. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
July 7, 2019, 3:39 pm
Iraq moves to secure desert near Syria border from jihadist sleeper cells
Move comes after vestiges of Islamic State carried out attacks in remote province despite terror group’s defeat
By AFP
People stand near the Lion of Babylon at the archaeological site of Babylon, Iraq, Friday, July 5, 2019.(AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
July 6, 2019, 4:27 am
Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site
It was from the 4,300-year-old city that Nebuchadnezzar sent his vast army to Jerusalem to put down an uprising and bring the Jews back as slaves
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan speaks at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 2, 2019. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 5, 2019, 2:04 pm
Former Miss Iraq: Arab-Israeli conflict ‘deeply rooted’ in anti-Semitism
At UN Human Rights Council, Sarah Idan calls out Iraqi government for not backing her after she got death threats for joint photo with Miss Israel
By TOI staff
A 3D printed recreation of the ancient Lion of Mosul, which was destroyed by the Islamic State group at the Mosul Museum in Iraq, is displayed as part of the 'What Remains' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, July 3, 2019. (Natasha Livingstone/AP)
July 4, 2019, 12:51 am
3-D printing recreates ancient sculpture destroyed by Islamic State
Replica Lion of Mosul is modeled from crowd-sourced photos taken before jihadists destroyed 3,000-year-old statue at Temple of Ishtar in Nimrud
By Jill Lawless
An Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle near an oil refinery south of the capital, Tehran, December 22, 2014. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 2, 2019, 11:17 am
Iraq sets up ‘loophole’ to buy Iranian power despite US sanctions
Scheme allows Iraqis to pay for imported energy in Iraqi dinars, which Iran can then use exclusively to buy humanitarian goods; official says Washington aware of plan
By Maya Gebeily
Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces march in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)
July 2, 2019, 8:31 am
Iraq moves to limit influence of Iran-backed militias in the country
In mixed response to measure, one group, allegedly involved in violent protests against recent US Arab-Israeli peace efforts, said it will continue act independently abroad
By AP and TOI staff
Protesters at the Bahrain embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday June 27, 2019. (screen capture: twitter)
June 28, 2019, 5:29 pm
Iraq denounces ‘attack’ on Baghdad’s Bahrain embassy by peace confab protesters
Foreign minister expresses hope that incident won’t ‘undermine diplomatic relations’ between two countries after crowd plants Palestinian flag on top of building in compound
By Agencies
Iraqi security forces stand guard near the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, after protesters stormed the compound to protest the US-led peace conference hosted by Bahrain earlier in the week. June 27, 2019. (AP/Ali Abdul Hassan)
June 27, 2019, 11:22 pm
Iraqis storm Bahrain embassy in Baghdad to protest peace conference
Crowd plants Palestinian flag on top of building in compound; Manama condemns attack, recalls ambassador
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue
In this illustrative photo from February 13, 2018, an Iraqi army soldier stands guard near a US- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 22, 2019, 1:50 am
US said readying to evacuate contractors from Iraqi base due to security threat
400 staff members from Lockheed Martin Corp, Sallyport Global will reportedly be airlifted from Balad base amid a tense standoff between Baghdad’s key allies, Washington and Tehran
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iraqi soldiers guard the entry of the Zubair oil field after a Katyusha rocket hit a drilling company in the Burjesiya area, a key oil-producing region hosting various Iraqi and foreign companies including US giant Exxon Mobil, north of the Iraqi city of Basra on June 19, 2019. (Hussein Faleh/AFP)
June 19, 2019, 7:37 pm
Exxon workers evacuated amid spate of attacks on US interests in Iraq
US-Iran tensions spike as five US-linked sites attacked within five days, apparently from Shiite areas
By Agencies
Fires flare off from gas in Kirkuk, Iraq, October 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
June 15, 2019, 2:16 pm
US grants Iraq additional Iran sanctions waiver
Iraqi official says extension comes after ‘long discussions’ with Washington, which seeks to curb vital Iranian energy imports to one of the world’s hottest countries
By AFP
In this illustrative photo from February 13, 2018, an Iraqi army soldier stands guard near a US- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 15, 2019, 1:41 pm
Mortar attack targets Iraqi base housing US troops
Iraqi military says no casualties in incident, which comes amid rising friction in the Middle East between United States and Iran
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
In this photo from July 1, 2016, members of the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group take part in a Quds Day march in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
June 12, 2019, 8:16 pm
US blacklists Iraqi firm accused of gunrunning for Iranian Guards
South Wealth Resources and two of its agents added to State Department’s list of global terrorists, are also accused of helping move funds on behalf of IRGC
By Agencies
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