Iraq
Iraq returns to lockdown after surge in coronavirus cases
Iraq registered more than 400 COVID-19 cases today, breaking the previously highest number from only a few days ago.
Al-Monitor Staff | Coronavirus | Jun 1, 2020
Closed shops are seen during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily.
Iraq registers dramatic jump in COVID-19 cases
There were 416 new confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus in Iraq today.
Al-Monitor Staff | Coronavirus | May 29, 2020
Rainbow flags over Baghdad fan debate, spur fear
In what both progressive and conservative critics considered a tone-deaf step to support Iraq’s LGBTQ community, several Western embassies’ raising of the rainbow flag did not have its intended effects.
Gilgamesh Nabeel | | May 28, 2020
Intel: US, Italy to co-host virtual meeting of anti-IS coalition
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Italian counterpart, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, will co-host a virtual meeting for members of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State on June 4, the State Department announced today.
Al-Monitor Staff | Islamic State | May 27, 2020
Turkey conducts rare strike in Iraq's Sulaimaniyah province against PKK
Most Turkey-PKK fighting takes place in other parts of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where Turkey has military bases.
Al-Monitor Staff | Turkish-Kurdish conflict | May 27, 2020
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