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An Iraqi voter shows her ink-marked thumb to her family members after casting her ballot at a polling station in the southern city of Basra on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. (Hussein FALEH / AFP)
November 11, 2025, 11:05 pm
Iraqis vote in general election as US and Iran both keep a close eye
Many voters boycott poll amid deep distrust, as country still struggles to emerge from decades of war and endemic corruption, while Washington and Tehran battle for influence
By Salam Faraj
A view of a relief in Hebrew at the Prophet Nahum synagogue (dating in its present form to the year 1796), in Iraq's northern town of al-Qosh, some 50 kilometres north of Mosul, February 3, 2022. (Ismael ADNAN / AFP)
March 3, 2022, 9:20 am
Ancient heritage of Iraq’s last few Jews at risk as synagogues fall into ruin
Rare international efforts to save remnants are not enough to preserve what is left of a once-thriving Jewish community
By Salam Faraj
An Iraqi man buys ice blocks at a factory in the northern city of Mosul, on July 3, 2021, amid power outages and soaring temperatures. (Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
July 4, 2021, 7:47 am
Iraq boils as blackouts hit, with father putting baby in fridge to cool down
Power outages compounded by neighboring Iran’s decision to reduce electricity supplies over debts that Baghdad says it can’t pay, partly due to US sanctions
By Salam Faraj
First responders work the scene of a fire at a hospital in Baghdad on April 24, 2021. (AP Photo)
April 25, 2021, 1:47 pm
Fury in Iraq as fire at Baghdad COVID hospital kills at least 82, wounds 110
Medical sources say blaze that ripped through Ibn al-Khatib medical center started with explosion caused by ‘a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders’
By Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj
This picture taken on March 24, 2021 shows a view of a close-up view of a marker on a grave at the Habibiya Jewish cemetery in Iraq's capital Baghdad (Sabah ARAR / AFP)
March 28, 2021, 6:36 am
On Passover 2021, Iraq’s Jewish community dwindles to fewer than five
A community that once thrived is all but gone; Baghdad’s lone synagogue only opens occasionally and has no rabbis
By Salam Faraj and Sarah Benhaida
An Iraqi fighter with the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) inspects the site of an attack by Islamic State, a day earlier, on a unit of the paramilitary force in Mukaishefah, about 180 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad, May 3, 2020. ( AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 4, 2020, 8:34 am
Islamic State exploits virus, political crisis to boost Iraq attacks
Iraqi security expert says group’s operations ‘have reached level we haven’t seen in a while,’ as terrorists re-establish funding mechanisms, smuggling routes and hideouts
By Salam Faraj
Iraqi protesters gather at Baghdad's Tahrir Square as demonstrations against the political system continues for the third consecutive month across Iraq on December 27, 2019. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
December 27, 2019, 11:07 pm
Treason or civic-minded? Iraqis split on president’s threat to quit
Barham Saleh has resisted attempts by a pro-Iran coalition to put forward nominees for prime minister amid widespread public protests
By Salam Faraj
An Iraqi protester flashes the v-sign during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment in the Baladiyat district of the capital Baghdad on October 2, 2019 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
October 3, 2019, 3:23 am
9 killed in clashes as Iraq protests escalate nationwide
PM orders curfew on Baghdad as popular demonstrations against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment spread across the country
By Salam Faraj
Members of an Iraqi clan shake hands as they meet inside a straw tent in the town of Mishkhab, south of Najaf on November 15, 2018. (Haidar Hamdani/AFP)
November 18, 2018, 1:26 pm
In Iraq, bloody tribal custom now classed as ‘terrorism’
The practice of ‘warning’ competing tribes via shootings, including in residential areas, threatens to undermine state agencies
By Salam Faraj
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard as people line up in front of a polling station in the Wadi Hajar district of Mosul on May 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
May 12, 2018, 1:43 pm
Voting underway in Iraq as campaign against IS looms over polls
Citizens of ethnically divided country cast their ballots amid concerns over economy, corruption
By Salam Faraj and Mohammad Salim
Illustrative: An Iraqi woman walks with her daughter in Baghdad on March 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
November 23, 2017, 8:55 am
Iraqi bill scrapping minimum age for marriage stirs outrage
Proposed legislation ‘is worthy of the Islamic State’ and ‘provides legal cover to the rape of children,’ says one critic
By Salam Faraj
Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion near Baghdad's Al-Shuhada Bridge on May 30, 2017. (AFP/Sabah Arar)
May 31, 2017, 7:57 am
Series of suicide bombings across Baghdad kill over 40
As coalition forces close in on IS stronghold, 3 separate blasts target Iraqi civilians during Muslim holy month of Ramadan
By Salam Faraj, W.G. Dunlop and Simon Valmary
Iraqi soldiers and civilians check the damage after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in northern Baghdad's Sadr City, May 17, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
May 17, 2016, 5:55 pm
Baghdad attacks kill at least 39 people
3 suicide bombers hit Sadr City, Rashid and Shaab; Islamic State claims one bombing
By Salam Faraj and Ammar Karim
Iraqi supporters of the Sadrist movement hold national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration to press for reforms on April 26, 2016, at Baghdad's Tahrir Square. (AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)
April 27, 2016, 3:15 am
Thousands demonstrate for reforms in Iraq
Lawmakers approve cabinet candidates after weeks of delays and chaos
By Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj
Iraqi counterterrorism forces drive a tank past rubble south of the Anbar province's capital of Ramadi, on December 24, 2015. (AFP/STR)
December 25, 2015, 12:37 pm
Iraqi forces dodge bombs, booby traps in bid to retake Ramadi
Fewer than 400 Islamic State fighters are said left in city, as troops advance to recapture strategic area
By Salam Faraj
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