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Terrorism

Smoke rises after a car bomb exploded in Iraqi border town of al-Qaim, Iraq January 11, 2019. (Reuters)

Suicide Car bomb hits security checkpoint near Iraq’s Kirkuk

Lamia al-Gailani

Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Iraqi archaeologist, Lamia al-Gailani, for burial during her funeral procession in the National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP)

Iraq bids farewell to archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani

Iraq

Damaged statues at the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul. (AFP)

Iraq’s archaeological sites face looting, urbanisation threats

Karen Dabrowska

Iraqi

Brave soul. Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, last December. (dpa)

Party politics, foreign interference handicap Iraq’s diplomacy

Majed al-Samarai

Iraqi

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim (R) speaks during a news conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) after their meeting in Baghdad, January 13. (DPA)

Iraq faces Iran’s pushback against US sanctions

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iraq war

In this file photo taken on September 2018 US-backed forces are pictured near the village of Susah in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian border with Iraq. (AFP)

Foreign troops in Iraq cut by a quarter in 2018, according to Baghdad

Jordan

The two countries share a 179-kilometre (111-mile) border, and Jordan is a major importer of Iraqi crude oil.

Jordan’s king in Iraq for first time in ten years

Iraq

Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (C) in Baghdad. (Reuters)

Iraq’s ministerial roulette grinds on as do fears of Iranian influence

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (C) attends a ceremony on the first anniversary of defeating ISIS in Baghdad, December 10. (Reuters)

Challenges abound for Iraqi government

Manuel Langendorf