Regions / Middle East / Iraq
Articles about Iraq, ordered by date. 
Feel the fear and carry on
In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.
Country Profile: Iraq
The photos, facts, and politics of Iraq.
Justice delayed
Rojava’s pleas to repatriate their fighters have fallen mostly on deaf ears, reports Rahila Gupta.
Cartoon History: The Wolf of Baghdad
Carol Isaacs conjures up her own lost heritage – that of the Jewish community in Iraq.
Packing a punch
In the refugee camps of Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi women are using boxing to overcome the traumas of war. Report by Monir Ghaedi, photos by Giacomo Sini.
Flamingos under fire in Iraq
In the absence of deterrent laws or decisive action by the authorities, hunters are killing the migrant birds on a large scale, reports Robert Ewan.
Chilcot report: looking back on why we went to war with Iraq
If Tony Blair and George W. Bush had listened to Iraqis we would be living in a different world, Nikki van der Gaag writes.
Regional conflicts overshadow Iraqi mental health
When looking at the Middle East, all attention is focused on Syria right now, writes Sophia Akram.
Holding the line against ISIS
Cultural resistance comes at a terrible cost, reports Emad Al Sharaa.
Dead bastards
Heaven help military personnel who blow the whistle. Alexa O’Brien is tracking the case of Chelsea Manning.
Making waves: Azzam Alwash
Veronique Mistiaen meets the environmentalist who has breathed new life into Iraq’s Garden of Eden.
Iraq
Hadani Ditmars finds a battered and divided country where young people strive for a progressive future.
The power and the glory
Anarchy, violence and nostalgia for a golden age mark Iraqi politics in the run-up to the elections.
‘Look sad like an Iraqi woman’
In a country of widows, women have borne the brunt of years of war, sanctions and occupation.
The waiting room
War and underfunding have decimated Iraq’s public health system, once the best in the Arab world.
Hail Mary, full of grace
Iraqi Christians, once a million strong, face persecution in a post-secular society.
The art of survival
Despite fatwas and foreign troops, the show in Iraq must go on.
From the edge
A gay Iraqi, a Jewish Iranian and a Saudi feminist tell their stories
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