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Jordan

Jordanian King Abdullah II (2nd-R) and Crown Prince Hussein (3rd-R) view historical battle dress as they visit the Martyrs’ Memorial museum in Amman, June 10. (Jordanian Royal Palace)

Jordanian king marks 20 years in power with continued balancing acts

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iraq

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. (AFP)

Abadi’s resignation reveals Iran’s plan to control Dawa Party

Iraq

Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani during his inauguration ceremony, June 10. (DPA)

Nechirvan Barzani’s presidential pick draws mixed reactions from Iraqis

Azhar Al-Rubaie

US

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005. (Reuters)

US allows Iraq to import Iranian energy for three more months

Iraq

People walk outside Iraqi Criminal Court in Baghdad's Karkh district, Iraq. (AFP)

Iraq's judiciary denies deal to commute French jihadist death sentences

Iraq

An Iraqi man checks the wiring of a generator supplying electricity to homes in Baghdad. (AFP)

Will Iraq have enough electricity for coming hot summer days?

Manuel Langendorf

Iraq

Iraqi TV drama star Mahmoud Abu al-Abbas, center, and actors prepare to perform their roles in "The Hotel, at a filming location in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

TV drama ‘Al Funduq’ stirs controversy in Iraq

Turkey

Trucks are seen on the banks of the Tigris River near Hasankeyf, last December. (AFP)

Turkish dam could hold trouble for Anatolia’s cultural heritage and for Iraq

Iraq

Resurgent jihadists, ethnic land disputes or regular field burning? Iraq's northern farmlands are on fire, but the area's complex patchwork of grievances has made it hard to identify the culprits. Farmers in the country's breadbasket had been hoping for bumper wheat and barley harvests in May and June, following heavy winter rains, on July 2, 2018. (AFP)

Iraq harvests go up in smoke, but who lit the fires?