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Iraq

State Department counterterrorism chief Nathan Sales. (Reuters)

US blacklists Iraqi Shia militia chief

Iraq

Iraqi health officials and Civil Defense staff wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in the closed shops, and hotels used by Iranian citizens in Najaf, Iraq. (AP)

Iraq closes public spaces as first coronavirus case hits capital

Health

Kuwaiti women wear protective masks as they sit in a restaurant inside the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City on February 24. (AP)

MENA braces for coronavirus threat

Coronavirus

Concern has spread over social media networks in Iraq, with users expressing fears that the country cannot accommodate a coronavirus outbreak.

Iraq latest to confirm novel coronavirus case

Iraq

In this Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019, file photo, protesters burn property in front of the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

US-Iranian competition over Iraq at dead end

Iraq

Iraqi university students take part in an anti-government demonstration in the city of Najaf, December 29. (AFP)

Iraqi students back up anti-government protests through ‘White Shirt Revolution’

Iraq

Volunteers prepare free food next to a poster of Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi with Arabic that reads, “Rejected by the people” during an anti-government protest in Tahrir Square, February 20. (AP)

Iraqi PM-designate struggles to form new cabinet as violence against protesters continues

Egypt

Former Arab-League Secretary-General Amr Moussa speaks with The Arab Weekly.

Former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa: Iranian and Turkish interventionism fuels conflicts in the region

Iraq

US Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, February 23, 2017. (AP)

For Iraq, balance and independence are not the same vis-a-vis US, Iran