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Iraq market suicide bombing claimed by IS kills nearly 30
A picture shows Ali Mansour, the care taker of the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad, where British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is buried. — AFP photos

Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial 'mother' of modern Iraq
Zedan, a patient suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is in medical consultation at the mental health centre of the Bajet Kandala camp for displaced Yazidis near Dohuk, 430 kilometres (260 miles) northwest of the Iraqi capital, by the border with Syria, on November 18, 2020. - For Yazidis who fled the violence of 2014 when the Islamic State group overran Sinjar, the rugged heartland of the esoteric minority in Iraq's northwest, coping with the ensuing trauma in the Bajet Kandala camp took years for the panic attacks to stop. But only for a few months until March, when Iraqi authorities declared a nationwide lockdown to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES / AFP)

Coronavirus revives traumas of many IS survivors in Iraq
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Iraqis dig up COVID-19 dead to rebury in family graves
TOPSHOT - An Iraqi fighter with the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) inspects the site of the Islamic State (IS) group attack, a day earlier, on a unit of the paramilitary force in Mukaishefah, about 180km (110 miles) north of the capital, on May 3, 2020. - IS group remnants in Iraq are exploiting a coronavirus lockdown, coalition troop withdrawals and simmering political disputes to ramp up deadly attacks, according to analysts and intelligence officials, the bloodiest so far being an ambush early on May 2 that killed 10 Iraqi fighters north of Baghdad. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

IS exploits virus, political crisis to boost Iraq attacks
Iraqi children play at their window amid confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the southern city of Basra, on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

Domestic abuse: Iraq's new pandemic
Iraqi paramedics in full hazmat gear pray over the coffin of a fifty-year-old victim of the COVID-19 virus before her burrial at a cemetary specifically opened for such deaths, 20 kms from the central holy city of Najaf, on March 3, 2020. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)

Iraqis rally to help needy families as economy falters
This picture taken on March 27, 2020 shows a view of a purpose-built sealed hospital bed self-built by a resident of Iraq's southern city of Basra to isolate COVID-19 coronavirus disease patients, the scientific and medical efficacy of which has not yet been endorsed by Iraq's health ministry nor confirmed by AFP. - The sealed chamber bed reportedly includes air conditioning for ventilation, ultraviolet lamps for sterilisation, and a television set for entertainment. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

No resting place for coronavirus dead in Iraq
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Iraq names new PM as rockets hit base hosting foreign troops
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Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Sons of Yusuf: Visionary Kuwaiti brothers revolutionizing Arabian Gulf sound
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Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m