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In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, file photo, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone strike. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)

Iran-backed militias blame US for attacks on bases in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone strike. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)

Israel-Iran war escalates with airstrikes in Iraq

By Seth J. Frantzman

New explosion rocks arms depot north of Iraqi capital

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 photo, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is ordering all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion Monday at an ammunition depot that killed one civilian and wounded 13. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

US says it will comply with new Iraq directive on airspace

Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019 photo, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq is ordering all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion Monday at an ammunition depot that killed one civilian and wounded 13. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)

Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Blast at Iraq weapons depot injures 13, cause unclear

Associated Press

US military says service member killed in Iraq

Associated Press

Kuwaiti officials arrive for a handover ceremony for the remains of 48 Kuwaiti citizens in Safwan border crossing, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Iraqi and Kuwaiti state media say Iraq has handed over to Kuwait the remains of 48 Kuwaitis who went missing during the 1991 Gulf War. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Iraq hands over remains of Kuwaitis missing since 1991

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Hala Safil, 21, a Yazidi activist who was enslaved by Islamic State group militants for three years and lives in a displaced camp, attends an exhibition during a gathering to commemorate five years since IS carried out coordinated attacks on a number of Yazidi Iraqi villages, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Yazidi community leaders and Iraqi politicians said that despite the military defeat of the IS, the religious minority attacked and enslaved by the extremists still lives in disarray, mostly in camps and with no security in their still-ruined hometowns. The speakers gathered in Baghdad on Thursday to commemorate five years since the IS attacks, massacring men and enslaving women and children in what has been described as genocide. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

5 years on, Yazidis still live with IS massacre, enslavement

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and HADI MIZBAN - Associated Press

A police honour guard carry the coffin of Osman Kose, a 38-year-old Turkish diplomat killed in Iraq, before his funeral prayers in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 18, 2019. A gunman opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Wednesday, killing a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara's consulate, Turkey's state-run news agency and Iraqi media said.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Reports: Turkish strikes kill planners of attack on diplomat

Associated Press

‘Year of the Ashraf Resident’

By Amb. J. Kenneth Blackwell

In this Saturday, July, 20, 2019 photo, potable water pipes mix with sewage at garbage dump in Basra, Iraq. A leading human rights organization has accused Iraqi authorities of failing to properly address underlying causes for an ongoing water crisis in Iraq's southern region. A report issued Monday by Human Rights Watch on the chronic water shortages and pollution in Iraq's Basra province says authorities continue to allow activities that pollute Basra's water resources despite the health risks to residents. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Rights group: Iraq government mismanaging water crisis

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN - Associated Press

This image posted by RUDAW Facebook TV, an Irbil-based Kurdish broadcaster, shows broken glass shows in the window of a restaurant that was the scene of a shooting, in Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil was killed during a shooting attack inside the restaurant there. (RUDAW Facebook TV via AP)

Suspect in shooting of Turkish diplomat arrested

Associated Press

Iraqi forces launch anti-IS operation north of Baghdad

Associated Press

Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. The foreign minister was in Washington again in July 2019 to participate in the expanding "U.S.-Tunisia Strategic Dialogue" and hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) ** FILE **

Tunisia’s foreign minister: ‘Democracy is the best tool to fight terrorism and extremism’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, speaks with army's top commanders during the funeral prayers of Osman Kose, a 38-year-old Turkish diplomat killed in Iraq, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 18, 2019. A gunman opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Wednesday, killing a Turkish diplomat working at Ankara's consulate, Turkey's state-run news agency and Iraqi media said.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish jets strike Kurdish rebels after diplomat’s death

Associated Press

Drone targets base for Iran-backed militia in northern Iraq

By KHALID MOHAMMED - Associated Press

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim, right, holds a press conference with visiting European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini after their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

EU supports Iraq-proposed conference on US-Iran tensions

Associated Press

Iraqi forces begin operation against IS along Syrian border

Associated Press

Attack on paramilitary force near Iraqi capital kills 5

By MURTADA FARAJ - Associated Press