Iraq five years after Islamic State
Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out, but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.
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Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out, but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.
Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out, but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.
Life remains difficult for Iraqis five years after much of Islamic State was driven out, but a visit reveals their staggering resilience.
A Minneapolis group helped evacuate the desperate dogs of Kabul.
Baghdad, Iraq — Like most of the young people who joined Iraq’s countrywide demonstrations in 2019, musician Sally Mars took to the streets to demand that the government tackle unemployment, improve basic services and end corruption. The call to specifically end corruption in Iraq’s oil industry quickly became one of the biggest battle cries among demonstrators. Mars, who goes by her stage name as a musician, doesn’t care much for oil, yet her life has been largely influenced by the role of the industry in Iraqi politics, even before she was born. The country, she says, has been curse...