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Iraqi

A worker cuts the remnants of destruction from the battle of Mosul, at an iron factory in Erbil, Iraq, on February 2. (Reuters)

Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

Iraqi

A legacy of ISIS. A woman walks next to damaged shops in the Old City of Mosul. (Reuters)

Chaos and neglect slow Mosul’s recovery

Mosul

Memories of identity. Nawal Fathi, an Iraqi woman who was born and raised in the Old City but fled the fighting and now resides in the city’s western suburbs, prepares tea at her house in Mosul. (AP)

Maslawi Arabic crucial to Mosul’s identity

Iraq

Fireworks erupt in the sky during the 2019 new year celebrations in the Iraqi southern city of Basra. (AFP)

What average Iraqis want for 2019

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Mosul

Broken system. A view of Mosul General Hospital. (Azhar Al-Rubaie)

Mosul residents decry poor medical conditions

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Iraq

Items related of Islamic State militants are seen displayed on the wall of Qantara Culture Cafe in Mosul, Iraq October 26, 2018. (Reuters)

Artists emerge from ruins of Mosul to reclaim Iraqi city's cultural life

Iraq

A picture taken on October 14, 2018 shows an the damaged building that used to belong to a bank in Mosul. (AFP)

Money moves again in Iraq's Mosul but not via banks

UN

A view of a temple in the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul. (AFP)

UNESCO rebuilds Mosul landmarks as showcase for multilateral approach

Mosul

Glorious past. A file picture shows a general view of the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal in Mosul. (Al Arab)

The uphill battle of reopening the Ashurbanipal Library in Mosul

Salaam al-Shamaa