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A passion for books. Owner of Dar Shahriar Publishing House and Bookshop in Basra Safa Diab. (Al Arab)

Iraqi publishing industry faces challenges in fast-moving landscape

Khulud al-Fallah

Iraq

Iraqi President Barham Salih (L) and Jordanian King Abdullah II shake hands during a welcoming ceremony in Amman, last May. (Reuters)

Iraq, Jordan seek to further boost economic ties

Manuel Langendorf

Iraqi

Complex network. Members of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces stand guard at PMF Media Centre in Baghdad, July 2. (Reuters)

Converting Iraq’s army into an IRGC incarnation

Hamed al-Kilani

Iraqi

Under attack. Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Farid Yasseen. (US Institute of Peace)

Iraq’s US envoy in troubled waters over call to normalise ties with Israel

Iraq

ISIS female supporters gesture as they stand together at al-Hol displacement camp in Hasakah governorate, Syria, last April. (Reuters)

ISIS weakened but resurgence likely

al-Hashed al-Shaabi

elatives wait outside Nineveh Criminal Court, one of two counterterrorism courts in Iraq where suspected ISIS militants and their associates are tried, in Tel Keif, Iraq, April 26, 2018. (AP)

Iraq launches new operation to secure desert near Syria border

Iraqi army

Serious matter. Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim (R) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif during a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, last May. (AP)

It is time to recognise Iraq as Iran’s Trojan horse

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iraqi

A country held hostage. A member of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces stands near a drawing of an armed cleric in Najaf, July 2. (Reuters)

Will the Iraqi government rein in Iran-backed militias?

Manuel Langendorf

Iraq

A general view of a replica of Ishtar Gate at the site of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, now located in modern day city of Hillah. (dpa)

Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site