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Oil rich Arab Islamic nation with millenia of history, still struggling for stebillity following 2003 overthrown of dictator Sadam Hussein.
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Iran’s ‘prominent leader’ of IRGC killed in airstrike in Syria

 Sami Michael, the Israeli writer and civil rights activist, who died on Monday at 97.

Iraqi-Israeli writer, civil rights activist Sami Michael dies at 97

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony, in Tehran

Is Iran planning something big? Iraqi-based attacks on Israel raise alarms

ISIS militants

Islamic State still a threat in Iraq, US ambassador says

By REUTERS
 US soldiers celebrate Purim and the end of the Gulf War on the streets of Tel Aviv as children spray snow foam and Israelis play music. February 1991.

The Gulf War and Purim 1991: An oral history

By BEN BRESKY
Protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Baghdad

Iran-backed Iraqi terrorists claim to target Israeli power plant

 A fighter from the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), mans an anti-aircraft gun mounted on the rear of a vehicle in Mosul July 16, 2014.

UN mission probing Islamic State crimes forced to shut in Iraq

By REUTERS
 Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is seen in Princeton, New Jersey, November 20, 2015.

Princeton students urge Hezbollah to release fellow student, pro-Iranian regime prof refuses to aid

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al Sudani in Munich, Germany, on February 18 2023.

Iraq’s ruling coalition may call for early elections

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
 An illustrative image of a man holding a newspaper on fire.

True and false media coverage of the Gaza war

By GILEAD INI
Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river

Rains bring relief to drought-stricken Iraq, experts urge action to prevent more desertification

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
 SHI’ITE MUSLIM pilgrims take part in a ceremony, marking the ritual of Arbaeen, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, in September.

Iraq attracts wave of Saudi and Gulf investments for the first time

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE , HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM / THE MEDIA LINE
Protestor Salwan Momika, who planned to burn a copy of Koran and the Iraqi flag, is escorted by police to a location outside the Iraqi embassy, in Stockholm, Sweden July 20, 2023

Anti-Islam activist burns Quran in Swedish demonstration

 Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2022

On Iranian commander's request, Iraqi terrorists dial down attacks on US

By REUTERS
 SHI’ITE MUSLIM pilgrims take part in a ceremony, marking the ritual of Arbaeen, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, in September.

A historic Iraqi city connects between past and future in a divided Middle East - opinion