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![Military vest of a member of Iraq Army is seen during the operation launched against Daesh in Iraq on 2 June 2020 [Ali Makram Ghareeb/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200602_2_42751246_55552419.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It's been 17 years since the United States led an international coalition to invade Iraq and topple the authoritarian regime of its former ally and later opponent, Saddam Hussein,... -
![An Iraqi protester waves a national flag while demonstrating outside the burnt-down local government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 7, 2018 during demonstrations over poor public services. [HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1028575176.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Iraqi government claims to be investigating the killing of peaceful protesters only from last month. It is thus ignoring the 800+ victims who have been killed since the... -
![This picture taken on July 30, 2019 shows a view of shelters at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Iraq's northern city of Mosul and the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region Arbil. [SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GettyImages-1163753813.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Kurds are one of the population groups that are native to Mesopotamia, numbering between 25 and 35 million people. They mostly live in south-east Turkey, north-east Syria, northern...