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Activists rest near an old building in Baghdad.(Courtesy of Burj Babel)

Iraqi NGO leads uphill battle to preserve country’s cultural heritage

Iraqi

Iranian clout. Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces march in Baghdad, May 31. (AP)

US needs to force Iraq to act against Iran’s militias

Tallha Abdulrazaq

ISIS

Vulnerable lives. A Syrian girl at al-Hol camp for the internally displaced people in Hasakah governorate in north-eastern Syria, on July 23. (AFP)

Dire conditions in al-Hol and Rukban camps fuel fears of ISIS resurgence

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A members of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) walks past a poster at the militia group’s media centre in Baghdad, July 2. (Reuters)

Iran-backed PMF militias extend their role beyond Iraqi ‘national defence’

Iraqi

Distrust rules. Iraqi demonstrators gather during a protest against the poor performance of parliament and government, and lack of services, in front of the Governorate building in Basra, July 19. (Reuters)

Rewriting the Iraqi Constitution is a national necessity

Majed al-Samarai

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Communicating through art. Visitors at Beit Tarkeeb in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood.(Oumayma Omar)

Iraqi group spreads tolerance and peace through art

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A poster reads “The Popular Mobilisation Forces are staying” in Baghdad, July 2. (AP)

Iraqi militias bombed by unmanned aircraft, one killed

Turkey

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar (2nd R), opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (R) and top army commanders stand during the funeral of a Turkish diplomat killed in Iraq, in Ankara, July 18. (AP)

Turkey launches air strike on Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat killed

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US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the State Department in Washington, July 18. (Reuters)

US sanctions four Iraqis for rights abuses, corruption