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Europe · LondonJim Fitton, 66, was sentenced last month to 15 years in an Iraqi prison. A Baghdad appeals court overturned the conviction and last week ordered his release. Fitton has now been reunited with family in Malaysia, where he lives. His case drew international attention after he was convicted of picking up shards of pottery and other fragments from an ancient site.See the Story
Briton leaves Iraq after antiquities conviction quashed
61% Center coverage: 28 sources
Middle East · BaghdadIraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr urges other factions to support a protest. His followers occupy parliament in a dispute over who should name the next prime minister. Nearly 10 months after elections, the oil-rich country is still without a new government. Despite oil wealth, Iraq remains hobbled by corruption, unemployment and other woes.See the Story
Iraq protesters occupying parliament say no plans to leave
47% Left coverage: 17 sources
US & Canada · BaghdadIraq's judiciary suspended court sessions on Tuesday after several hundred supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr launched a sit-in. The cleric's supporters, known as Sadrists, demanded that the judiciary dissolve parliament. They have already been camped outside parliament for the past three weeks.See the Story
Iraq Shiite cleric's supporters demand assembly be dissolved
Coverage: 17 sources
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Protestors · BaghdadThousands of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad on Monday to rally against the protest staged by supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr. Security forces set up roadblocks, firing a water cannon at the crowds to keep them away from the parliament. The tensions in the Iraqi capital have been soaring over the country's longest post-election deadlock, which lasts since last October.See the Story
Thousands of anti-Sadr demonstrators protest Iraq parliament sit-in
50% Center coverage: 14 sources
Middle East · BaghdadHuman activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq. Experts warn that nearly one third of the irrigated land in Iraq will have no water by 2050. Iraq is one of the five countries most exposed to climate change, according to the UN. The level of the Tigris entering Iraq has dropped to just 35 percent of its average.See the Story
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying up
70% Center coverage: 10 sources
Middle East · TehranThis is the second such cross-border attack since last weekend. Iran is in the midst of major protests over the death of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested by the country's morality police. On Saturday, the Revolutionary Guards said they targeted bases and training camps of Kurdish separatist groups in northern Iraq.See the Story
Iran's Revolutionary Guards hit Kurdish groups in Iraq
63% Left coverage: 8 sources
Protestors · BaghdadTemperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), nearly matching last year's record high. Southern provinces, where the heat wave is most intense in Iraq, suspended working hours. Protesters in Basra said they supported al-Sadr's protest and demands and said they were tired of rampant government corruption.See the Story
Protesters block roads in Iraq after third day of power cuts
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
Protestors · BaghdadNearly 10 months after national elections were held, Iraq has been unable to form a new government. That’s the longest period since the 2003 U.S. invasion that reset the political order. Iran, meanwhile, is working behind the scenes to stitch together a fragmented Shiite Muslim elite. Ordinary Iraqis have no choice but to watch.See the Story
What's behind the storming of Iraq's parliament?
57% Center coverage: 7 sources
International · BaghdadBAGHDAD, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A soldier and two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on SundaySee the Story
Iraqi soldier, 2 IS militants killed in E. Iraq - People's Daily Online
Baghdad · BaghdadShafaq News / The head of al-Fatah Alliance, Hadi Al-Ameri, received on Sunday the Russian ambassador to Baghdad, Elbrus Kutrashev, and the undersecretary of the Federal Authority for Military-TechnicSee the Story
Al-Ameri receives the Russian ambassador to Baghdad
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Baghdad · BaghdadClean Iraq is a grassroot movement organizing weekly cleanups of the Tigris River in Baghdad. It was founded in February by Murtadha Al-Tameemi, a software engineer who grew up in Baghdad but has been traveling the world for the past few years. For centuries the river has been the lifeline of Iraq, boosting trade, urbanization and economic growth. Now, pollution has reached levels so high that those who rely on its water are at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases.See the Story
Could Cleaning the Tigris River Help Repair Iraq's Damaged Reputation?
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
