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Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer
(FILES) Iraqi TikTok celebrity Om Fahed is pictured at the Basra International Stadium during a match of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament on January 19, 2023. A gunman on a motorbike shot dead the well-known Iraqi social media influencer outside her Baghad home on April 26, Iraqi security officials told AFP (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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Islamic State still a threat in Iraq, U.S. ambassador says
United States Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski speaks during an interview with Reuters at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq March 23, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Islamic State attack kills three soldiers in west Iraq: military sources
FILE PHOTO: An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. Picture taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between U.S. troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Baghdad International Airport from the International Zone via helicopter after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 5, 2023. Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult by the day. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP, File)
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U.S. embassy in Baghdad attacked with seven mortars, no casualties
FILE - The U.S. Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2020. A rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. embassy in Baghdad Friday Dec. 8, 2023 caused minor material damage but no casualties, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
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Thousands of Muslims took to the streets to express outrage over Quran desecration in Sweden
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr chant slogans during a rally after the weekly Friday prayers denouncing the burning of the Koran in Sweden in Iraq's central shrine city of Kufa east of nearby Najaf on July 21, 2023. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP) (Photo by QASSEM AL-KAABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Koran burning
A protester holds up a portrait of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as smoke rises from the Swedish embassy building in Baghdad during a protest near the embassy hours after it was stormed and set on fire ahead of an expected Koran burning in Stockholm, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
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Iraq expects TotalEnergies to begin US$27-billion project in second half of 2023
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French energy group TotalEnergies is seen at a petrol station in Bugnicourt, France, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope
A family heads to the al-Kadhimayn shrine in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. For Iraqis, the war and U.S. occupation which started two decades ago were traumatic – an estimated 300,000 Iraqis were killed between 2003 and 2019, according to an estimate by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, in addition to some 4,000 Americans. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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UN chief praises moves toward stability in rare Iraq visit
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters during a news conference, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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At least 64 wounded after Iraqi security forces fire tear gas, rubber bullets in protest marking 2019 anniversary of unrest
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Clashes in Iraq’s Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
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Explosive detonates in Baghdad, targets Australian diplomats
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Iraqi protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
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At least three rockets hit near Baghdad airport, damaging abandoned plane
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Bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria come under attack
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Attempted attack on Baghdad airport with two armed drones foiled: U.S.-led coalition
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Two rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi state media says
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Tension ramps up after failed assassination attempt against Iraq’s prime minister
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Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives assassination attempt with armed drones
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Roadside bomb kills 25 in Baghdad market, Iraqi security officials say
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Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures
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One killed as protesters scuffle with Iraqi security forces
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Fire from oxygen tank blast in Baghdad COVID-19 hospital kills 82
How Iraqi artist Ahmed Moneka left behind one life and found another in Kensington Market
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Three rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone, no casualties reported
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly suicide bombings in Baghdad market
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At least 32 dead, dozens wounded after two suicide bombings in busy Baghdad market
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Baghdad rally marks one year since Iran general’s slaying
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Rockets targeted U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi officials say
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Five civilians killed, two wounded in rocket attack near Baghdad airport: military
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Military base in southern Baghdad explodes from high temperatures, poor storage
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U.S. general predicts smaller but enduring troop presence in Iraq