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A member from the Iraqi security forces guards as smoke rises from Baiji oil refinery, north of Baghdad, Iraq May 26, 2015. Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar, giving the operation an openly sectarian codename that could infuriate its Sunni Muslim population. Picture taken May 26, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1EOY1

الحرب على "داعش" تزيد من معدّلات الفقر في العراق

Omar al-Jaffal

Iraqi newlywed Naheb Saidi, 25, sits holding a Koran Holy book and a bouquet of flowers during her wedding party in Baghdad July 1, 2004. [As the world watched Saddam Hussein's first court appearance, the couple took their vows to lead a new life together.] - RTXMPMI

زواج "الفصليّة" يعود إلى العراق وسط رفض كبير

Omar al-Jaffal

A grave of an Iraqi soldier is seen at a cemetery in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, September 30, 2014. With the tide of deaths registered in Kerbala and elsewhere showing no sign of abating, some Shi'ites are starting to complain out loud that the government and army command are incompetent at best, culpable at worst, and covering up the true of extent of battlefield losses. Picture taken September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) - RTR4995D

تجارة "الموت" تتوسّع في العراق

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A member of the Iraq security forces looks at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad May 9, 2015. The attack killed seven civilians and wounded 14 others, police and medical sources said. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1C8E9

حكايات عن تفجير الكرادة: موت وحزن وخوف وموسيقى

Omar al-Jaffal

A resident walks at the entrance of a cinema in Baghdad April 26, 2011. Iraq once had 82 cinemas, 64 of them located in the teeming capital, home to about 7 million of Iraq's 30 million people. One by one, they closed during the Saddam era, when the government controlled the selection and importation of films, until only five remained at the time of the invasion. The insurgency that followed and killed tens of thousands of people made Iraqis afraid of being in public places and crowds. They chose the relati

السينمائيّون العراقيّون يحاربون الفساد

Omar al-Jaffal

People surf the Internet at an Internet cafe in Baghdad November 11, 2012. Iraqi telecommunications operators have warned that government plans to charge for the extra spectrum which they need to launch long-awaited 3G services could slow Internet adoption and economic growth. Picture taken November 11, 2012. To match story IRAQ-TELECOMS/ REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY) - RTR3ADY5

إعلام مواقع التّواصل الاجتماعيّ أفضل من المؤسّسات الإعلاميّة الرسميّة في المعركة ضدّ "داعش"

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TO GO WITH STORY BY ARTHUR MACMILLAN
A Bangladeshi worker cleans a table at a Baghdad restaurant on April 04, 2009. Bangladeshis seeking to escape poverty back home have high hopes Baghdad will offer hard cash and prospects for a better life.
AFP PHOTO / ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)

العمّال الآسيويّون في العراق... فوضى العيش والبقاء

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An armed Shi'ite volunteer from the Mehdi Army, loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants outside the city of Tikrit September 8, 2014. Picture taken September 8, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR45WNV

الأنبار تشعر بـ"القلق" من وجود "الحشد الشعبيّ" على أرضها

Omar al-Jaffal

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters keep watch during the battle with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Mosul January 21, 2015. Kurdish forces in northern Iraq said on Wednesday they had cleared Islamic State insurgents from nearly 500 square kilometres of territory and broken a key IS supply line between the city of Mosul and strongholds to the west near Syria. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR4MDFF

"داعش" يدخل الموصل في عزلة

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An Ambulance drives down a street in the Jurf al-Sakhr area, north of the Shiite shrine city of Karbala on October 26, 2014. Iraqi officials said that government forces backed by Shiite militias retook Jurf al-Sakhr, southwest of Baghdad, from Islamic State (IS) group militants on October 25. AFP PHOTO/HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)

المستشفيات العراقيّة تحت سيطرة "داعش": نقص الدواء والكوادر

Omar al-Jaffal

Iraqi security forces take part in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in the town of Amriyat al-Falluja in Anbar province, November 5, 2014. Picture taken November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4D7BW

ما سبب تراجع القتال في الأنبار؟

Omar al-Jaffal

People work at the West Qurna oilfield in southern Basra October 13, 2014. Oil prices are hovering just above $90 per barrel, a level last seen in June 2012, putting a strong spotlight on OPEC producing countries. They face calls to cut output at, or before, a policy meeting in late November to prop prices up as some are already feeling the pinch of sub-$100 oil through increased budget pressure. Global oil prices are collectively reflecting the sweeping impact of a U.S. shale oil boom, with its production

العراق في حالة تقشّف جرّاء الحرب على تنظيم "الدولة الإسلاميّة"

Omar al-Jaffal