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  • Women dressed in black carrying placards and Iraqi flags demonstrating on Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq in 2019
    Women in Iraq

    Breaking down barriers and pushing for independence

    After two incredibly tough decades for women since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, it is now cool to be young and female in Iraq. A report from Baghdad

  • 20 years after U.S. invasion

    Young Iraqis see signs of hope

    On the banks of the Tigris River one recent evening, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon to a local rap star as a vermillion sun set behind them. It’s a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion 20 years ago

  • 20 years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath.
    20 years after the U.S. invasion

    Iraq's wounds are slow to heal

    20 years after the U.S. invasion, the country between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath. But the road is paved with obstacles. Birgit Svensson reports from Iraq

  • 20 years after Saddam's fall

    Iraq still haunted by missing persons

    When he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed thought he would finally be able to find his brother, who had been shot dead and dumped in a mass grave after a failed uprising against Saddam's rule in 1991

  • Iraq's art and literature scene

    Culture boom in Baghdad

    Frustrated with their politicians, young Iraqis are turning their backs on politics and throwing themselves into cultural life. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • Iraq bans contact with Israel

    Anti-Semitism as state doctrine?

    A law has been passed by the Iraqi parliament that criminalises any contact with Israel. In the midst of heated debates on the subject, one crucial aspect has been forgotten: the restitution of Jewish property. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • There are over 200 mass graves in Iraq, many of them not yet investigated.
    Middle East

    In Iraq, sectarian prejudice goes beyond the grave

    The "Islamic State" group is gone, but many of their Iraqi victims are still missing. They may well be buried in mass graves the extremists left. But critics say exhumations are too slow, and possibly politically biased. By Judit Neurink

  • The cemetery is still in ruins, but this restored white grave has become a symbol of hope.
    Christians in the Middle East

    Rebuilding churches in Iraq

    Much effort is being put into rebuilding churches in Iraq that were destroyed by Islamic State. The message of hope is for Christians to return. Judit Neurink reports from Mosul

  • Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad.
    Ukraine and Iraq

    Compassion yes, sympathy no

    Iraq is in a quandary over Russia and Ukraine. Its attitude toward Kiev is ambivalent, yet it still hopes to emerge as one of the winners in this war. If Russia fails as an oil supplier, Iraq could step in. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • Kurdistan's decline

    Iraq's beacon shines no more

    The Kurds are fleeing Kurdistan. The wave of refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border and the drowned Kurds in the English Channel are only the tip of the iceberg. Birgit Svensson visited Erbil and Dohuk to find that the exodus from Kurdistan has already been going on for several years

  • Climate heroes in Iraq

    A life for the trees

    It is getting hotter and hotter in Iraq. Fifty degrees or more is no longer a rarity. The state between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is now one of the hottest countries on earth. Muwafaq Mubareka from Baghdad is determined to fight global warming. Birgit Svensson paid the climate hero a visit

  • Iraq's interim Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi at the polling station.
    Parliamentary elections in Iraq

    Change or political stagnation in Baghdad?

    Will Iraq's parliamentary elections bring change? The new electoral law, which allowed independent candidates to stand for the first time, provided a golden opportunity. But not many people took advantage of it. And voter turnout was shamefully low. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad and Mosul

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