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Sarah Benhaida
January 16, 2020, 3:42 pm
Iraq ouster of foreign troops would show US ‘failure,’ Mideast experts say
Exiting forces would leave behind a country with inefficient institutions and rampant corruption, sectarian politics and cities still flattened by bombardment
By
Sarah Benhaida
January 3, 2020, 11:20 am
Analysts say Iraq could ‘pay price’ for US strike on Iranian commander
‘Heads will roll,’ says one expert regarding political repercussions of Soleimani’s killing in Iraq, which has become battlefield between Washington and Tehran
By
Sarah Benhaida
July 29, 2019, 3:29 pm
Head of UN investigators: Put Islamic State members on trial like Nazis
High-profile hearings, like those in Nuremberg after World War II, would ensure the jihadists’ ideology ‘debunked’ and their victims heard, says leader of probe into IS crimes
By
Sarah Benhaida
October 5, 2018, 1:21 pm
Nadia Murad: From jihadists’ slave to global champion for women
At 25, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate has become a renowned campaigner against sexual violence as a weapon of war, and for fellow Yazidi victims of Islamic State
By
Sarah Benhaida
May 14, 2018, 12:47 am
Iraqi PM appears to hold lead after vote in first post-IS election
While his political alliance is likely to win the most seats, Haider al-Abadi to face lengthy haggling to cobble together government
By
Sarah Benhaida
January 16, 2018, 1:15 pm
Minorities in north Iraq look to post-jihadist future
With victory declared against the Islamic State group, ethnic and religious minorities are reclaiming their place within the country’s fractured society
By
Sarah Benhaida
January 10, 2018, 6:35 am
Mosul’s old heart in ruins six months after IS ousted
For many residents, the euphoria at the city’s liberation from jihadist rule has been replaced by uncertainty about the future
By
Sarah Benhaida
November 5, 2017, 11:38 am
Traditional carpet weaving in central Iraq unravels
Hit by years of war and cheap imports, Iraqi rug makers now struggling to keep historic craft alive
By
Sarah Benhaida
October 5, 2017, 3:52 pm
Iraq forces retake Islamic State bastion Hawija
Iraqi PM calls latest victory one ‘for the whole world’ while spokesman for US coalition says terror group ‘close’ to defeat in country
By
Ahmad Al-Rubaye
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Sarah Benhaida
June 1, 2017, 9:32 am
Palestinian refugees’ dreams of returning home fade
As time passes since 1948 and 1967 wars, frustration at entrenched status quo grows among those who fled and their descendants
By
Mussa Hattar
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Sarah Benhaida
May 11, 2017, 5:49 pm
Palestinian elections highlight Hamas-Fatah division
Municipal voting being held Saturday in West Bank only; turnout expected to be only some 42%
By
Sarah Benhaida
May 1, 2017, 10:38 am
Trump, Abbas gear up for White House meeting
PA leader to meet US president for first time Wednesday in expected bid to revive peace talks amid conflict with Hamas, US criticism over stipends to terrorists
By
Sarah Benhaida
April 13, 2017, 8:03 am
Ancient sacred art resurrected in city of Jesus’s birth
In Bethlehem, a group of enthusiasts specializing in the sacred craft of iconography work to keep the 2,000-year-old tradition alive
By
Sarah Benhaida
April 12, 2017, 11:50 am
Palestinian family powers up with cow pies
With the help of Hebron’s Polytechnic University, farmers are using bovine manure to produce electricity for one of the West Bank’s largest dairy plants
By
Sarah Benhaida
December 3, 2016, 5:19 pm
Fatah picks party officials amid talk of Abbas succession
As PA leader seeks to quell internal rivalries, Saturday’s vote seen as an indicator of the strengths and weaknesses of various factions
By
Sarah Benhaida
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