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Burning tyres are seen blocking a road during clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators in Baghdad, Iraq, January 20, 2020. (DPA)

Iraqi officials: At least 13 wounded in violence in Baghdad

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U.S. Soldiers walk past a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP)

Debate on ouster of foreign troops from Iraq shows US caught in web of own 'failure'

Iraq

Posters of anti-government protesters who have been killed in demonstrations are displayed in Tahrir Square during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, January 18. (AP)

The myth of state accountability in Iraq

Iraq

An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator waves the national flag as he protests in Baghdad’s Tahrir square, January 10. (AFP)

Demonstrations continue despite attempts to derail protests after Soleimani’s killing

Azhar Al-Rubaie

US

US President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, January 8, (AFP)

Trump’s threat to ruin Iraq financially has a historical parallel

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Iraq

Posters of anti-government protesters who have been killed in demonstrations are displayed in Tahrir Square during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, January 18. (AP)

Protests resume in Baghdad amid political impasse

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Twin woes. An Iraqi child peddler sells water bottles to people driving down a street in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. (AFP)

Poverty, resentment of corruption among engines of continuing protests in Iraq

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Protesters’ haven. Tahrir Beach on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. (Oumayma Omar)

Tahrir Beach, a safe haven for protesters from Baghdad’s turmoil

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Opposing views. US Representatives Pramila Jayapal (C) Ilhan Omar (L) and Mark Pocan, at a news conference on the killing of Qassem Soleimani, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, January 8. (AP)

US politicians divided on Soleimani killing along party lines

Gregory Aftandilian