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Feb 2, 2023 · The COVID-19 outbreak has caused, as of 10 November 2021, 2,064,011 confirmed infections and 23,372 deaths; the vaccination rate remains low at 15.8% as of 31 January 2022. The pandemic had a significant impact on the health and psychological wellbeing of the population, and on the Iraqi health system which was already weakened by years of ...
Aug 30, 2022 · August 30, 2022, 4:32 AM. Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re following Iraq’s escalating political crisis, Ukraine’s counteroffensive, and the latest developments in Brazil’s ...
Iraq has been successively ravaged by the 1980-1988 war with Iran, crippling sanctions after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, internal conflict after the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, and the transnational jihadists of Islamic State after 2014. Its multiple challenges further include sectarian violence and Kurdish separatism. Crisis Group aims to promote locally-centred stabilisation and better governance of post-ISIS Iraq in order to reduce the risk of violent flare-ups in liberated areas and ...
Sep 8, 2022 · Iraq is reclaiming territory and yet faces internal conflict and a long road to recovery. Explosives and debris must be cleared from areas that have been retaken so that water and electric services can be restored. At least 2.5 million people need humanitarian assistance. Of those, 1.1 million are children,
Jul 28, 2022 · More than nine months after Iraq held its October 2021 parliamentary elections, political leaders have been unable to form a government. The country’s political crisis reached a boiling point ...
Aug 3, 2022 · Item 1 of 3 Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr gather for a sit-in at the parliament building, amid political crisis in Baghdad, Iraq August 2, 2022.
Aug 1, 2022 · Iraq is in the midst of its worst and longest political crisis in years. At the center of this overheating conflict stands Iraqi political kingmaker Moqtada al-Sadr and a rival bloc of parties ...
