How sheep smuggling has become a lucrative yet dangerous business on the Iran-Iraq border
The financial crisis currently gripping Iran has led to a dramatic increase in sheep smuggling across the border with Iraq, a region that is home to…
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Reporting and verification from Iraq.
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Three false images of Iraqi protests circulate online
Large-scale demonstrations have been going on in several different Iraqi cities since July 8, the day that people living in the economic capital, Basra, began taking…
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No water or electricity: why southern Iraqis are at a breaking point
Major protests have erupted in several Iraqi cities over the past two weeks due to water and power cuts. The movement started in the southern region…
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The latest false story about Saddam Hussein: an ‘intact’ corpse
Several social media posts in French and in Arabic claim that an amateur video shows former dictator Saddam Hussein’s corpse still intact, 12 years after his…
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“Iraq’s Rambo” out of favour with his own militia after brutally violent videos
His name is Abou Azrael, but he's better known as "Iraq's Rambo" — the muscle-bound symbol of the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq.…
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Rare video of summary execution in Iraq surfaces in Iran
A video showing the apparent execution of a suspected jihadist by Iraqi Army troops has surfaced on social media in Iran. Our Observer explains that while…
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IS group suicide vehicles force Iraqi army to change strategy
The Islamic State jihadist organisation’s specialty has become suicide vehicles; it uses them relentlessly in its combat against the Iraqi Army and Kurdish peshmerga forces. All…
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Video: Is the Iraqi army executing IS fighters?
Videos on the Iranian version of YouTube, “Aparat”, claim to show the darker side of how the Iraqi army carries out its war against the Islamic…
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Imam Ali Brigades: brutal fighters and skilled propagandists
The Iraqi Shiite militia known as the Imam Ali Brigades is accused of having committed multiple war crimes in the fight against the Islamic State organisation…
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‘Made in Iran’: Iranian weapons in Iraq conflict
With sanctions strangling its ability to get its hands on weapons, Iran's only way of amassing a stockpile of arms has been to build them itself.…
