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Ayat Rawthan, a petrochemical engineer, poses for a photo near an oil field outside Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2021. Rawthan is among just a handful of women who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petrochemical engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country’s oil industry, taking up the grueling work of drilling. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)

In oil-rich Iraq, a few women buck norms, take rig site jobs

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

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

Perils await Americans as military pulls out of Iraq

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press