NewsFeed Video shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the Rashidiya area in Mosul after air strikes targeted sites belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces. The strikes come a day after the group said attacks killed three fighters and two Iraqi police as the US-Israeli war on Iran spills into Iraq. Published On 29 Mar … Read more
Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and … Read more
‘A tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,” the Wasit province governor says. At least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said on Thursday that 14 charred bodies had been found … Read more
Iconic photographer Latif al-Ani travels across Iraq to find the people and places he took photos of before the wars. Acclaimed photographer Latif al-Ani, born in Baghdad in 1932, is known as the father of Iraqi photography. As the official photographer for presidents and the Iraqi Petroleum Company, his portfolio forms a unique visual archive … Read more
In Iraq, a mass grave excavation reveals the challenges of identifying remains and returning them to their families. Forensic experts in Iraq meticulously work to identify the remains from mass graves, uncovering the fates of thousands who disappeared during decades of conflict. With rare access to excavation sites, the unfolding story reveals the tireless efforts … Read more
“We are really suffering from a lack of legal framework that adequately protects the rights of women and children.” Iraq’s amendments to its personal status law have been controversial. Critics say the changes could roll back women’s rights, with serious implications for marriage, divorce, and child custody. So why has this shift happened and what … Read more