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Iraq to pay $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran
Baghdad (Reuters) - Iraq has agreed to pay about $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran after receiving a sanctions waiver from...
UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq
United Nations (AP) — U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after...
Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq’s rivers and marshlands
Reuters
Even after the 2003 U.S. invasion, when parts of the marshes were flooded again, water levels did not fully recover.
On a sun-scorched shoreline in...
Iraq and Syria discuss tackling cross-border drug trade
Baghdad (Reuters) - Iraq and Syria's foreign ministers discussed ways to help end drug trafficking across their joint border at a meeting in Baghdad...
UN urges Iraq to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and backs it fight against terrorism
United Nations (AP) — The U.N. Security Council encouraged Iraq’s recently formed government to deliver on reforms and combat corruption in a resolution adopted...