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Does Iraq militia leader’s arrest signal real change?

Controversial Iraqi paramilitary leader’s arrest could give PM al-Kadhimi impetus before October parliamentary polls.

Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces

‘Country has no future’: Iraqi protester killed at Baghdad rally

Demonstrators take to the streets after the killing of civil activist Ehab Jawad al-Wazi near his home in Karbala.

Some older men and women also took to the streets in a show of support [Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP]

Iraq infections surge as coronavirus variant fuels second wave

Fatigued and overloaded, health workers struggle to cope with a second wave of the coronavirus in Iraq.

Iraq : Treating COVID-19 in Baghdad

The actress defying cultural norms to tell new stories in Iraq

Zahraa Ghandour and her mentor Hanaa Edwar have broken tradition to voice the struggles of women in their community.

[Illustration by Jawahir Al-Naimi and Muaz Kory/Al Jazeera]

Decades after the Gulf War, Iraq’s youth view oil as a curse

Iraq’s youth protesters are demanding an end to corruption in the oil industry 30 years after the Gulf War.

Sally Mars, a 24-year-old Iraqi woman who joined protests against the government, wants to see her country's oil wealth used to help its people, not lost to corruption [Courtesy: Sally Mars]

Condemnation after Iraqi-Kurd journalists given 6 years in jail

Sentences spark outrage across the Kurdish region where press freedom has been in precipitous decline for some time.

The journalists were found guilty on Tuesday by an Erbil criminal court of jeopardising Kurdish national security [File: Anatolia via AP]

Amiriyah bombing 30 years on: ‘No one remembers’ the victims

Families continue fight for justice three decades after deadliest incident of civilian casualties caused by US in Iraq.

Iraqis visit the Amiriyah Shelter on memorial day, in remembrance of those who died in the American bombing that took place there in 1991 [File: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images]

Twin suicide bombings hit heart of Iraqi capital, 32 killed

More than 100 wounded after commercial area in centre of Iraqi capital hit by explosions, death toll likely to rise.

Mourners gather near the coffin of a man, who was killed in a twin suicide bombing attack in a central Baghdad market, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq [Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters]

Will anti-gov’t protests, Soleimani killing decide 2021 in Iraq?

From Soleimani’s assassination to nationwide anti-government protests, Al Jazeera reviews Iraq’s main events this year.

Iraqi demonstrators chant slogans during a gathering in Haboubi Square in the southern city of Nasiriya to demand an overhaul of the political system [File: Assaad al-Niyazi/AFP]

Fighting intensifies between Peshmerga and PKK in northern Iraq

Latest deadly skirmish highlights the deteriorating security situation in the Kurdish region.

A member of the Halgurd Brigade of the Peshmerga stands guard at a newly constructed outpost close to the town of Sidekan [Adam Gnych/Al Jazeera]