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3 days ago · Iraq’s huge foreign debt, largely accumulated through heavy war expenditures under Saddam Hussein, was reduced in 2004 when the Paris Club, a group of 19 wealthy creditor nations, agreed to cancel 80 percent of Iraq’s $40 billion debt to 19 members. Recent News. July 11, 2024, 2:07 AM ET (NBC)
5 days ago · Despite its rich tradition as a cradle of learning dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, and a leading educational system in the Middle East by the mid-twentieth century, Iraq’s educational landscape has faced significant challenges. The 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq war, the 1991 Gulf War, and subsequent international sanctions severely damaged educational infrastructure and funding, leading to a decline in quality and accessibility.
5 days ago · The capture proved a propaganda boon for ISIL, which flaunted its “liberation” of those cities to aggrieved Sunnis across western Iraq. ISIL fighters then pushed north, shocking government troops and taking Mosul—Iraq’s second largest city—without resistance in June.
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5 days ago · The Iran-Iraq War complicates the conventional wisdom that chemical warfare is strategically ineffective. In that conflict, chemical weapons were arguably decisive in allowing Iraq to reclaim the upper hand, a resolution also made possible by a weak international response.
3 days ago · Steve Buscemi, Moby, Arianna Huffington, and Lou Reed at a screening of the film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, 2006
4 days ago · ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Heading for Turkey to the north and Iran to the east, hundreds of oil tankers snake each day from near Kurdistan's capital Erbil, clogging the Iraqi region's often ...
2 days ago · Strategic communication veterans behind lawsuit targeting Kurdish leaders for embezzlement and murder. Kidnapping, extortion, extra-judicial executions: there's hardly a crime that doesn't feature in the lawsuit filed in Washington against Iraqi Kurdistan's ruling Barzani family.
