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After overnight Iranian missile strikes hit Irbil, Iraq, killing four people and injuring six others, locals say they are afraid they will fall victim to a war they say they had no part in creating. VOA's Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Halan Akoiy in the village of Mala Omar.

The World Health Organization says half the world will live in water-stressed areas — or places with insufficient supplies of clean water — by 2025 as officials at the U.N. Climate conference in Egypt call for emergency aid. At a protest in a dried-up area of the ancient marshlands of southern Iraq, families in what is commonly known as the Cradle of Civilization say they have already been driven from their homes for lack of water. For VOA, Heather Murdock reports in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt w...

Five years after volunteers braved Islamic State mortars and explosives to rescue thousands of books from Mosul University’s iconic library, the institution is set to re-open in the coming months, even as it struggles to rebuild its collection. Halan Akoiy reports from Mosul

Five years after volunteers braved Islamic State mortars and explosives to rescue thousands of books from Mosul University’s iconic library, the institution is set to re-open in the coming months, even as it struggles to rebuild its collection. For VOA Halan Akoiy reports from Mosul with Heather Murdock in Istanbul.