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Motorists pass by a Popular Mobilization poster in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 26, 2020. Iraqi security forces arrested over a dozen men suspected of a spate of rocket attacks against the U.S. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi forces arrest men suspected of attacks targeting US

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

In this Saturday, June 20, 2020 photo, workers set up a field hospital to treat patients with COVID-19 in Baghdad, Iraq. New field hospitals have been erected to treat virus patients as hospitals reach capacity, but health workers fear the worst is still to come. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new cases soar

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly brutal to the tourism-dependent economies of Nevada and Hawaii, lifting the unemployment rate in both states to about one-quarter of the workforce. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Vanishing jobs for young could create ‘lock-down generation’

By JAMEY KEATEN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Mustafa al-Kahdimi, Iraqi Prime Minister-designate speaks to members of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Iraq's former spy chief was sworn in early Thursday as the prime minister by lawmakers after weeks of tense political negotiations as the country faces a severe economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. The parliament approved the government of al-Kahdimi after long wrangling over his proposed Cabinet. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office, via AP)

Despite US boost, new Iraqi premier faces key challenges

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo calls on Baghdad to drop sectarian ‘quota’ system amid struggle to form new government

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A poster with a defaced picture of Mustafa Kadhimi, Iraq's intelligence chief and new prime minister-designate, is pictured in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The Arabic sentence on the poster reads "an American citizen is the head of the Iraqi intelligence."(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Barham Salih, Iraq president, faces perfect storm with coronavirus, oil price drop

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, municipality workers bury the body of coronavirus victim on the outskirts of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Across the Middle East and parts of South Asia, bereaved families have faced traumatic restrictions on burying their dead amid the pandemic. Religion and customs that require speedy burials in the largely Muslim region have clashed with fears of COVID-19 contagion and government-mandated lockdowns. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi, File)

Mideastern burial traditions clash with fears of contagion

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

File - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020 file photo, a young worker cleans the window of a barbershop that posts a warning sign referring to the coronavirus, with Arabic that reads, &quot;Please greet only and don't kiss, due to the difficult circumstances in the current situation,&quot; in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq announced a weeklong curfew to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

With virus, cherished Mideast traditions come to abrupt halt

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, file photo, the U.S. Embassy is seen across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's military says two rockets hit Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of the government and home to the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

As planned, US-led coalition pulling out of 2nd Iraqi base

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP) ** FILE **

Iran’s president rejects criticism of coronavirus response

By Nasser Karimi and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Customers of a convenience store have their temperature checked and are given gloves before they are allowed to enter as a precaution against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2020. Iraq announced a weeklong curfew to help fight the spread of coronavirus, late Sunday. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq ex-governor named PM-designate as Baghdad awaits curfew

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

People wearing face masks exercise on the shore of an artificial lake, in Western Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Many people in Tehran shrugged off warnings over the new coronavirus as authorities complained that most people in the capital are not treating the crisis seriously enough. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Virus toll in Iran climbs as other countries lock down

By Amir Vahdat and Samya Kullab - Associated Press

In this Saturday, March 7, 2020 photo, a protester sits outside his tent, in Baghdad, Iraq. The youth protesters are struggling to keep their movement going after one set-back after another, now capped by fears over the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq’s protesters struggle to keep waning movement going

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials said Saturday, March 14, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. (Media Security Cell via AP)

Coalition troops wounded in rocket attack in Iraq

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, Iraq. Iraq's military on Thursday said it opened an investigation into the rocket attack that hours earlier killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces that has been used as a training base for a number of years. (Media Security Cell via AP)

Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

Destroyed buildings are seen at an airport complex under construction in Karbala, Iraq, Friday, March 13, 2020. Iraq's military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage of U.S. airstrikes, which were launched hours after a rocket attack killed and wounded American and British servicemen at a base north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraq army says U.S. strikes kill 5 security forces, 1 civilian

By Samya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, Iraq. Iraq's military on Thursday said it opened an investigation into the rocket attack that hours earlier killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces that has been used as a training base for a number of years. (Media Security Cell via AP)

Iraq will investigate attack on base that killed US troops

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1, 2020 file photo, anti-government protesters wear hazmat-like suits and gas masks during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq. As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape. Then came the coronavirus. But some protesters are trying to keep their movements alive, adjusting to the outbreak fears. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Protesters hold posters showing Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi with Arabic that reads, &quot;Rejected by order of the people,&quot; during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Iraqi student protesters converged on Baghdad's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the five-month- anti-government protest movement, to voice their rejection of Allawi. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq’s PM-designate withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, Shiite seminary students attend a lecture at &quot;Hawza&quot; seminary, in the holy shrine of Imam Ali, the son-in-law, and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Imam of the Shiites, in Najaf, Iraq. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, turns 90 this year, and when he recently had surgery it sent chills around the country and beyond. What happens when al-Sistani is gone? Iran is likely to try to exploit the void to gain followers among Iraq’s Shiites. Standing in its way is the Hawza, the centuries-old institution of religious learning which al-Sistani heads and which follows its own tradition-bound rules. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press