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Iraq

Iraq's new President Barham Salih, center right, walks with new Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, center left, in the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, October 2, 2018. (AP)

A soft quota system will not heal Iraq’s wounds

Majed al-Samarai

Iraq

Members of the Iraqi security forces detain a protester in the central city of Najaf, last July. (AFP)

Activists call for release of detained Basra protesters

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iraq

Iraqi children display certificates of excellence awarded by Sanad in Ramadi in Anbar province. (Sanad)

Lack of funds threatens Ramadi education centre

ISIS

A member of the Raqqa civil council’s local security forces inspects a motorcycle and its riders at a checkpoint in former ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, on October 16. (AFP)

ISIS is still a threat in Syria and Iraq

UK

Anjem Choudary leaves a bail hostel in north London after his release from Belmarsh Prison, Friday October 19, 2018. (AP)

Release of hate preacher Anjem Choudary poses major test

Mahmud el-Shafey

Iraq

Iraqi activist Hana Adwar follows online news about the assassination of former beauty queen Tara Fares in Baghdad. (AP)

Iraq should protect its women from fear of violence

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iraq

A religious student pages a book at the Howeish book market in the holy city of Najaf, 150 kilometres (95 miles) south of Baghdad, on August 16, 2018. (AFP)

Najaf: Iraq's city of bookshops

Iraq

An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Sulaymaniyah, on September 30. (AFP)

Power struggle deepens in Iraqi Kurdistan after elections

Stephen Quillen

Iraq

New Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi walks at the parliament building in Baghdad, on October 2. (AP)

Can Iraq’s new leaders deliver stability?

Ahmed Rasheed-79523