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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.

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February 6th, 2014 - 05:55 GMT

U.S. official: al-Qaeda is "skilled" in exploiting Iraq

Syria's Aleppo has been the target of regime barrel bomb attacks and airstrikes since December 2013 (File Archive/AFP)

February 6th, 2014 - 07:03 GMT

Jarba says opposition to receive advanced weapons, Kerry admits Assad "gaining" in Syria

An Iraqi man inspects the site of a car bomb explosion in the Taubchi neighbourhood of the capital Baghdad on January 19, 2014, a day after the attack. [AFP]

January 19th, 2014 - 04:25 GMT

Maliki: `diabolical` Arab countries behind Iraq strife

Iraq's leader Al Maliki rejected Ban's calls for dialogue, saying: "We do not hold dialogue with Al Qaeda". (AFP)

January 14th, 2014 - 08:05 GMT

U.N. calls on Iraq to use "dialogue" to resolve Anbar crisis

The president of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani. [majalla]

January 12th, 2014 - 09:54 GMT

Kurdish president warns against Iraqi military intervention in Anbar

Iraqi policemen march during a ceremony marking police forces 92nd anniversary in the capital Baghdad on January 9, 2014. [AFP]

January 11th, 2014 - 12:36 GMT

U.N. backs Iraq's fight against Al-Qaeda

Will the U.S. train elite Iraqi forces in Jordan? (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2014 - 06:42 GMT

Officials: U.S. considering training Iraqi troops to fight Al Qaeda

Despite the chaos engulfing Anbar province, life must go on as normal for many residents. Here, Iraqi traders sell their goods at an open air market in the center of the city of Fallujah, west of the capital Baghdad on January 8, 2014 (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 07:55 GMT

Iraqi NGOs warn of 'critical' humanitarian crisis in Fallujah as 13,000 families flee

Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki urged all Al Qaeda and other militants in the city of Fallujah to surrender. (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 02:28 GMT

Iraqi PM promises victory in Fallujah as army prepare launch against militants

Iraqi soldiers stand along a road close to their vehicle in the area of Ein Tamer which leads west out of the central Iraqi Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala towards the mainly Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah. The U.S. has stepped up military aid to the restive country. (AFP)

January 7th, 2014 - 06:31 GMT

U.S. speeds up military assistance to Iraq

Iyad Allawi asked Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stop targeting Arab tribes in Anbar. [AFP]

January 7th, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

Allawi: PM leading Iraq to 'disaster'

A man shows off the V-sign for victory as he stands on top of a burn out lorry on the side of the main highway leading west out of the capital Baghdad to Fallujah, on January 5, 2014. (AFP)

January 6th, 2014 - 08:47 GMT

Iraqi PM calls for Fallujah residents, tribes to help fight against "terrorists"