• Iraq's healthcare system to be challenged by coronavirus: Doctors
  
  A nation under lockdown, a health system under strain. Al Jazeera looks at the challenges facing Iraq as it confronts the pandemic.
  Al Jazeera.  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:00:18 GMT.
• French Christian charity workers kidnapped in Iraq are freed
  
  The three French nationals and an Iraqi were abducted in Baghdad in January.
  BBC News.  Fri, 27 Mar 2020 04:35:02 GMT.
• Apple expanding App Store to 20 more countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq - CNET
  
  The tech giant is still expanding its iPhone and iPad download service more than a decade after launch.
  Ian Sherr.  CNET.  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:55:00 +0000.
• One-two punch of new virus, falling oil prices threaten Iraq
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) - The economic fallout from the coronavirus coupled with a sudden drop in oil prices is threatening to catapult Iraq into an unprecedented crisis. ...
  Qassim Abdul-zahra and Samya Kullab.  Washington Times.  Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:08:53 -0400.
• British soldier killed with two Americans in Iraq returns home
  
  THE body of a British soldier killed in Iraq last week has been returned home.
  Irish Independent.  Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000.
• New bill will not protect Northern Ireland veterans from accusations of wrongdoing
  
  Veterans accused of wrongdoing overseas are set to get protection with the introduction of a new bill, but it will not apply to soldiers who served in Northern Ireland, nor Afghan and Iraq veterans.
  Daily Mail.  Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:57:58 +0000.
• Fresh rocket attack strikes Baghdad's Green Zone
  
  At least three rockets struck the Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government and home to several foreign embassies.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Wed, 18 Mar 2020 07:40:30 +1100.
• Iraq PM-designate appointed to break deadlock
  
  Adnan al-Zurfi was nominated after the main political blocs could not agree on a candidate.
  BBC News.  Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:23:13 GMT.
• 3 US troops wounded in new rocket attack on Iraq base: Pentagon
  
  Three American service members were among the wounded in a new rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq.
  ABC News.  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:29:27 -0400.
• Rocket Attack Wounds U.S.-Led Coalition Troops, Iraqi Soldiers In Base Near Baghdad
  
  Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil.
  Huo Jingnan.  NPR.  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:01:31 -0400.
• 2 US Soldiers Serious After Second Iraq Base Attack
  
  Jonathan Hoffman, chief Pentagon spokesman, said later three U.S. service members were wounded in the Camp Taji attack. Two of them were seriously wounded and are hospitalized.
  Newsmax.  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:58:09 EDT.
• Rocket attack hits base housing U.S. troops in Iraq
  
  A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials said Saturday, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans.
  CBC News.  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 05:32:33 EDT.
• Iraq's protesters struggle to keep waning movement going
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) - At the once bustling hub of the largest anti-government protest movement in Iraq's modern history, crowds have dwindled, and donation boxes have sprouted up. ...
  Samya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-zahra.  Washington Times.  Sat, 14 Mar 2020 02:05:24 -0400.
• Pentagon Chief: All Options on Table After Attack in Iraq
  
  Two Americans and British service member are dead, with 14 American, British and Polish nationals wounded in Wednesday's rocket attack on Camp Taji, a military base north of Baghdad.
  Voice of America.  Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:05:54 -0400.
• US Strikes in Somalia Nearly on Par with Strikes in Iraq, Syria
  
  The US has carried out 25 strikes against al-Shabab to date in 2020, and 29 airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria from January 1 to March 1
  Voice of America.  Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:04:43 -0400.

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