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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

Iraq

Nechirvan Barzani, deputy leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, casts his vote at a polling station in Erbil, last September. (Reuters)

Iraqi Kurdistan edges towards new government

Manuel Langendorf

Iraqi

A file photo shows women and children from Hawija sitting outside a Kurdish screening centre to determine if they were associated with ISIS, in Dibis, Iraq. (AP)

Iraqi children coerced to confess ISIS ties, says HRW

Iraq

Members of Iraqi security forces at an oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk. (Reuters)

Tensions rekindle in Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Iraq

Iraqi lawmakers are seen during the first session of the new Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq September 3, 2018. (Reuters)

Iraqi politicians under fire over alleged visits to Israel

Mamoon Alabbasi

Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses Islamist parliamentarians during a meeting in Istanbul, December 14. (Presidential Press Service)

Syria endgame: Turkish tactics, American disarray

US

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks during a joint press conference in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on December 11, 2018. (AFP)

US energy secretary discusses oil production with Saudi Arabia, Iraq

YouGov

How YouGov attempted to influence Kurdish independence vote

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Iraq

Newly elected Iraqi President Barham Salih (L) walks with his predecessor Fuad Masum during the handover ceremony in Baghdad, on October 3. (AFP)

Iraqis agree on new leaders but stability still precarious

Mamoon Alabbasi