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Aug 30, 2022 · 30 Aug 2022. Thirty people have been killed in fighting in Iraq between rival Shia militias, as well as the Iraqi security forces, after the powerful religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr claimed...
- Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad
Protests and clashes broke out across the Iraqi capital...
- Timeline: What led to the fighting in Iraq’s capital Baghdad
- Iraq's demographic divide. Michael Izady / Columbia University. Iraq's three-way demographic divide didn't cause the current crisis, but it's a huge part of it.
- Sunni-Shia balance in the Middle East. The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr. This map of the region's Sunnis and Shias is crucial for understanding the larger geopolitics of the Iraq crisis and how its neighbors are responding.
- The Kurdish region, in Iraq and beyond. Arnold Platon. The Kurds — who are long-oppressed minorities in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran — have been fighting for their own country for more than a century.
- Iraq's enormous oil reserves. Energy-pedia. Iraq has the fifth largest proven oil reserves of any country, after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Iran.
Feb 13, 2024 · Since late 2022, Iraq has faced economic and infrastructural issues. In November, a gas cylinder explosion killed fifteen people in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah, and in October, a gas...
Aug 30, 2022 · Protests and clashes broke out across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday evening, carrying into Tuesday morning, and leaving at least 30 dead, after influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr...
2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis. Between the parliamentary election in October 2021 and October 2022, there was a political crisis in Iraq, with members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq being unable to form a stable coalition government, or elect a new President. [5]
Dec 22, 2022 · Attacks in Iraq consistently declined in 2022, despite an upsurge during Ramadan. The cause—whether due to leadership deaths, the effectiveness of Iraq’s counterterrorism operations, or the movement running out of steam—was unclear.
Oct 4, 2024 · Stay on top of Iraq latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
