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Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry
ByAzhar Al-Rubaie, Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala in Hawizeh Marshes August 13, 2025

Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the waterAt dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into…

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Britain told US that invading Iraq could cost Blair his premiership, papers reveal
ByCaroline Davies and Ben Quinn July 21, 2025

Adviser to former PM said Bush’s pursuit of regime change in Baghdad could also cause ‘regime change in London’The stark terms in which the US was warned that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Tony Blair his premi…

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Britain told US that invading Iraq could cost Blair his premiership, papers reveal
ByCaroline Davies and Ben Quinn July 21, 2025

Adviser to former PM said Bush’s pursuit of regime change in Baghdad could also cause ‘regime change in London’The stark terms in which the US was warned that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Tony Blair his premi…

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Army Special Operations Warns Retired Members of Terror Threat
ByEric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes July 18, 2025

The alert, issued to retired service members who served in Iraq or Syria and live in Florida, did not specify what kind of threat or which terrorist group was involved.

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Fire tears through Iraq shopping centre, killing at least 60 – video report
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian July 17, 2025

A fire has torn through a shopping centre in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 60, as desperate people searched for missing relatives. Officials have launched an investigation into the blaze, the latest in a country where safety regulatio…

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Fire at newly opened Iraqi shopping centre kills 61 people
ByAgence France-Presse in Kut July 17, 2025

Survivor says blaze at mall in eastern city of Kut started after air conditioner unit explodedA fire has torn through a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 60 people, as desperate people searched for missing relatives.Offic…

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More than 60 die in fire at newly opened shopping mall in Iraq
ByAgence France-Presse in Kut July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Survivor says the blaze, which killed at least 61 people in the eastern city of Kut, started after an air conditioning unit explodedA fire has torn through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 61 people, as de…

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Dozens of People Are Killed in Iraq Shopping Mall Fire
ByErika Solomon and Amelia Nierenberg July 17, 2025

The local governor announced three days of mourning for the victims, who he said included children.

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Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 61
ByErika Solomon and Amelia Nierenberg July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Local officials blamed shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness for the scale of the tragedy at the newly opened building.

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Kurdistan Workers’ party fighters burn weapons in disarming ceremony – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian July 11, 2025

Senior PKK figure Bese Hozat read a statement in Turkish outside the mouth of a cave near Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq’s north on Friday. ‘We voluntarily destroy our weapons, before your presence, as a step of goodwill and determination…

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