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Al-Monitor
April 11, 2018
The ancient craft of building boats, which is one of Iraq's oldest heritage industries, is disappearing, with only a few dozen workshops left in the country. ... In the district of Krit'a on the Hillah River in central Babil governorate, boat craftsman Hussain al-Khafaji told Al-Monitor that there are only fourÃâà...
Only Kashmir
April 11, 2018
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The Economist
March 28, 2018
In Iraq they have long enjoyed quasi-independence in an enclave in the north-east. But last September Masoud Barzani, the Kurdish president, overreached by calling a referendum for a fully fledged state, defying Baghdad as well as protests from America and Iran. When he refused to back down, IraqiÃâà...
MercatorNet (blog)
March 26, 2018
A priest walking through the rubble of a demolished church in Mosul, Iraq, last year. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey). Archbishop Mar Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf heads the Archeparchy of Mosul, Kirkuk and Syriac Orthodox Church. In this interview with Aid to the Church in Need, he addresses the plight ofÃâà...
The Atlantic
March 20, 2018
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq in this March 29, 2003, photo. .... Iraqi workers clean debris near a large pool of blood at the scene of a suicide attack in the city of Hilla, 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Baghdad, onÃâà...
Rudaw
October 13, 2017
Scenes of the aftermath of blowing up the Korek Telecom office by unidentified gunmen in Hillah city, Iraq. Photo: Courtesy of Korek ... The Peshmerga sent 6,000 reinforcements to the disputed area on Thursday night to counter a buildup of Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi. In the latestÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
November 25, 2016
Nearly 100 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a massive suicide truck bomb blast at a petrol station south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, according to police and medical sources. The target of Thursday's attack near the town of Hilla appeared to be Shia Muslim pilgrims returning from the annualÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
The war in Iraq dragged on for years to come, American casualties piled up, and the "Mission Accomplished" banner became a punch line. On CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning, Maine Independent Sen. Angus King said "it's impossible to say at this point" whether the United States' mission inÃâà...
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