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corruption

Iraqi security forces use a water cannon to disperse protesters during an anti-government demonstration against the provision of jobs and the alleged government corruption, in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, October 1. (dpa)

Corruption ravages Levant’s hearts and minds

Iraq

An Iraqi protester waves the national flag during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment, in Baghdad, October 5. (AFP)

Iraq protests wind down but causes for renewed flare-up remain

Mamoon Alabbasi

Adel Abdel Mahdi

In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters set fires and close a street during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Iraq's uprising an open crisis with no known path forward

Turkey

On mission to mend strained alliance. US Senator Lindsey Graham (L) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, September 22. (Twitter)

Pushback in US against attempts to readmit Turkey into F-35 programme

Paul Iddon-60483

Iraq

Iraqi protesters take part in a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's central Khellani Square on October 4. (AFP)

Unrest shakes Iraq as prime minister marks year in office

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iraq

Men carry the coffin of a demonstrator who was killed during anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq October 4. (Reuters)

72 dead in Iraq after days of unrest

Iraq

Iraqi protesters hold pictures of Staff Lieutenant-General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi during an anti-government demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, October 1. (dpa)

Decommissioning of Iraqi anti-terror commander draws criticism

Iraq

Anti-government protesters take over an armored vehicle, before they burn it during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, October 3. (AP)

Iraqi PM says protesters need 'bitter medicine' as death toll rises

Iraq

Iraqi protesters gather during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment at Tayaran square in Baghdad on October 2. (AFP)

6 dead, hundreds wounded as protests grow in Iraq