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Illustrative: Iraqi soldiers, wearing protective face-masks and gloves, man a checkpoint at the entrance of Baghdad's eastern Sadr City suburb as the country tries to stem the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, March 28, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
April 3, 2020, 11:19 pm
Iraq suspends, fines Reuters news agency over virus report
$20,800 penalty comes after agency published story that said Baghdad was under-reporting confirmed COVID-19 cases
By AP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
April 2, 2020, 4:18 pm
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
Tehran’s foreign minister Zarif reacts with fury to Trump warning of ‘heavy price’ if US troops targeted again
By AFP
Illustrative: Iraqi soldiers, wearing protective face-masks and gloves, man a checkpoint at the entrance of Baghdad's eastern Sadr City suburb as the country tries to stem the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, March 28, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
March 30, 2020, 12:46 pm
In Iraq, no resting place for coronavirus dead
Many local leaders and tribesmen fear burying victims could spread disease to their own communities and are sending bodies back to morgues
By Ammar Karim
Anti-government protesters gather near the Sinak bridge leading to the Green Zone government areas during ongoing protests, in Baghdad, Iraq, November 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
March 26, 2020, 1:09 pm
Iraqi military says 2 rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone
Incident shatters brief lull in violence around capital, with projectiles hitting near US embassy
By SAMYA KULLAB
Customers at a bakery have their hands sanitized in Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2020. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
March 24, 2020, 1:16 pm
Across Middle East, coronavirus threatens both rich and poor
International Monetary Fund urges governments to offer temporary tax relief and cash transfers as counter to expected rise in unemployment, drop in wages and remittances
By Jon Gambrell
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of two fighters of the Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed during US attacks in Iraq, during their funeral procession at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
March 18, 2020, 1:38 am
Iraqi officials say rockets strike Baghdad’s Green Zone
No immediate reports of casualties or damage in fourth attack in a week, after tit-for-tat attacks by Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia
By SAMYA KULLAB and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Illustrative: Nineveh police forces train with Spanish coalition members at Basmaya base southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, February 1, 2017. (Karim Kadim/AP)
March 17, 2020, 12:04 pm
Rockets hit Iraq base hosting foreign troops
Two blasts hit Besmaya base south of Baghdad in third such attack within a week; initial reports make no mention of casualties
By AFP
This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, Iraq. (Media Security Cell via AP)
March 14, 2020, 11:16 am
Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops
The barrage comes days after a similar attack killed 3 servicemen, including 2 Americans
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Fighters from the Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades militia, inspect the destruction at their headquarters in the aftermath of a US airstrike in Qaim, Iraq, December 30, 2019. (AP)
March 13, 2020, 1:01 am
US bombs Iran-backed Iraqi militia in response to deadly rocket attack
British army also takes part in strikes on Kataeb Hezbollah weapons facility day after missiles fired at base kill 3 troops
By AP
Illustrative: Coalition forces train Iraqi soldiers during a military exercise at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
March 12, 2020, 12:28 am
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack
Barrage fired at a military base just north of Baghdad sets buildings ablaze, with Washington believing Iranian-backed Shia militia groups behind assault
By AFP
Student protesters wearing protective face masks march with a sign during an anti-government demonstration in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on March 1, 2020. (AFP Photo Asaad Niazi)
March 2, 2020, 4:14 pm
Iraq coronavirus outbreak throws fresh fuel on protests
‘Politicians the real virus,’ say anti-government demonstrators, accusing authorities of poor health care and failing to declare real numbers of infections
By AFP
Fighters from the Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades militia, inspect the destruction at their headquarters in the aftermath of a US airstrike in Qaim, Iraq, December 30, 2019. (AP)
February 27, 2020, 6:03 pm
US blacklists Iraqi Shiite paramilitary chief after base attacks
Ahmad al-Hamidawi, leader of Kataib Hezbollah, is declared a ‘specially designated global terrorist,’ freezing his assets in the country and making it illegal to trade with him
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, speaks to senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul at the tomb of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat inside the Mukataa compound, in the the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
February 25, 2020, 7:21 pm
As PA seethes at Trump plan, top officials say all of Israel is Palestine
Palestinian diplomat says his people will resist US proposal until ‘last drop of Palestinian child’s blood’; Fatah member says state along ’67 lines would just be temporary measure
By TOI staff
A policeman and pedestrians wear masks to help guard against the coronavirus, in downtown Tehran, Iran, February 23, 2020.(Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
February 24, 2020, 6:39 pm
Iran says 12 dead from new coronavirus, rejects higher death toll
Lawmaker from province of Qom had said 50 people died; conflicting reports raise questions about Iranian government’s transparency on scale of outbreak
By Aya Batrawy
An anti-government protester holds an Iraqi flag during demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
February 24, 2020, 5:52 am
Protester shot dead in fresh Iraq violence
Anti-government demonstrators and security forces renew clashes in Baghdad; meanwhile, Pompeo congratulates new Iraqi prime minister, reaffirms joint coordination
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and MURTADA FARAJ
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