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          Iraq

          Syrian police destroy seized Captagon pills at the headquarters of the fourth division in Damascus in February. EPA

          Syria cracks down on smuggling with massive haul of seized Captagon pills

          MENAMarch 23, 2025
          The Iraqi Kurdistan town of Ranya is a hub for people smuggling, in which thousands of people try to cross the English Channel in small boats. The National / AFP

          Kurdish smugglers bringing death to shores of Europe

          MENAMarch 19, 2025
          Burnt vehicles in Jableh after sectarian violence in Syria's coastal region. Reuters

          University academic fired in Iraq for supporting the killings of Alawites in Syria

          MENAMarch 18, 2025
          Iraq struggles to meet the growing demand for electricity and relies on Iranian imports for a third of its needs. AFP

          Turkey to double electricity exports to Iraq

          MENAMarch 16, 2025
          Captagon pills found in a military compound in Damascus on January 7. The drug has been produced in Syria for years. AFP

          Iraq confiscates 1.1 tonnes of Captagon pills shipped from Syria

          MENAMarch 16, 2025
          The project reimagines the city’s lost heritage, transforming the functional architecture of doors into sculptural monuments engraved on both sides. Photo: Louis-Cyprien Rials

          The conceptual art project unlocking the past to heal present wounds

          MENAMarch 14, 2025
          The operation is centred on a web of money exchanges in the lakeside town of Ranya. The National / NCA

          Kurdish people trafficker forced underground by crackdown

          MENAMarch 13, 2025
          Nick Donaldson / The National

          Hunting the trafficking boss bringing death to shores of Europe

          UKMarch 13, 2025
          Syrian security forces inspect vehicles at a checkpoint in Latakia after recent sectarian violence. AP

          Militia targets Syrians in Iraq accused of supporting HTS crackdown

          NewsMarch 12, 2025
          A man works on the cables of a private electricity generator provider in Baghdad's Sadr City district. AFP

          Iraq accelerates projects to address expected electricity shortage after US sanctions

          NewsMarch 10, 2025
          A man rides his motorcycle through a flooded street in Sadr City after heavy rain in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 7, 2025. AP

          Heavy rain disrupts life in major Iraqi cities

          MENAMarch 09, 2025
          High-voltage electrical transmission towers in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. AFP

          US ends sanctions waiver for Iraq's energy imports from Iran

          MENAMarch 09, 2025
          Yazidi woman Ashwaq Haji, who was held by ISIS as a slave, holds portraits of victims from her village of Kocho near Sinjar, as she visits the Lalish temple, northern Iraq, in August 2018. AFP

          Thousands of Yazidis still missing a decade after ISIS genocide

          MENAMarch 04, 2025
          Syrian actor Lojain Ismail plays the title role in MBC Ramadan drama Moawiya. Photo: MBC

          Ramadan TV series sparks controversy in parts of Arab world

          MENAMarch 04, 2025
          The Iraqi parliament. AFP

          Convict in Iraq’s ‘heist of the century’ pardoned under Amnesty Law

          MENAMarch 04, 2025
          A still from one of the UK government's adverts to deter migrants.

          UK launches campaign in Iraq's Kurdish region to warn of myths peddled by people smugglers

          UKMarch 04, 2025
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