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Iraqi oil fields on fire outside of Mosul (Photo: AFP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 18, 2016 | Middle East
Qayyarah- The battle to retake Mosul from ISIS is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will pose dangers to people for years to come. Iraqis have already paid the initial price from burning oil wells and a sulfur factory that ISIS set alight...
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Iraqi protesters hold national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration to press for reforms outside Baghdad’s Green Zone on April 26, 2016. Haidar Mohammed Ali, AFP
by Dalshad Abdullah and Hamza Mustafa | Aug 27, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad, Erbil- As soon as Iraq’s parliament passed the controversial amnesty law, Shi’ite lawmakers hurried into getting up a petition to remove one of the bill’s articles. Iraq’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law that offers amnesty to thousands of...