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TZR ONLY Syrian and Iraqi women are seen near the market in al-Hol, a camp housing displaced people in Hasakah province in northeast Syria. (Photo for The Washington Post by Nicole Tung)

September 20, 2021 at 8:43 am

Syrian detention camp rocked by dozens of killings blamed on Islamic State women VIEW

Since January, officials say, more than 70 people have been killed in Syria's al-Hol camp, which houses 62,000 family members of Islamic State fighters, and...

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July 24, 2021 at 5:24 am

Power cuts, heat drive Mideast unrest

BAGHDAD - Record heat waves and crippling energy shortages across much of the Middle East are plunging homes and businesses from Lebanon to Iran into...

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July 19, 2021 at 12:32 pm

At least 31 dead in Baghdad market attack

BAGHDAD - At least 31 Iraqis were killed in Baghdad on Monday, local officials said, when an explosion ripped through a market filled with families...

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June 28, 2021 at 7:20 am

US forces come under fire after airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

U.S. forces said Monday that they came under rocket attack hours after they carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militia targets in Syria and Iraq in...

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April 24, 2021 at 5:22 pm

Fire in Baghdad hospital kills dozens of COVID-19 patients

BAGHDAD — Dozens of COVID-19 patients died Saturday in an Iraqi hospital, a local official said, after a blaze ripped through an intensive care ward....

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Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, leads a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) xds150 xds150

March 7, 2021 at 5:18 am

Pope Francis calls for hope over hatred amid ruins of Mosul church

QARAQOSH, Iraq - From the rubble of a ruined church, Pope Francis led prayers for victims of war in Iraq's battle-scarred city of Mosul on...

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March 6, 2021 at 4:30 am

In Iraq, Pope Francis holds historic talks with Shiite ayatollah, decries religious violence

UR, Iraq — First in a closed-door meeting with an Iraqi ayatollah, later on a desert stage overlooking ruins dating back to Abraham, Pope Francis...

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March 3, 2021 at 11:50 am

U.S. contractor dies as rocket attacks in Iraq pose fresh challenge to Biden

BAGHDAD — A U.S. contractor died during rocket attacks on an Iraqi military base Wednesday, the Pentagon said, posing a fresh challenge to the Biden...

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December 2, 2020 at 11:48 am

U.S. to withdraw some Baghdad embassy staffers as tensions spike with Iran, its allies

BAGHDAD - The U.S. government has decided to withdraw some staff from its embassy in Baghdad through the final weeks of the Trump administration, officials...

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October 25, 2020 at 8:48 am

Thousands of Iraqis head back to the streets, a year after protests swept their nation

BAGHDAD — Several thousand Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad on Sunday, a year after large-scale protests over corruption and a lack of basic...

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