Iraq
Desert on Fire: Photo collection documents Kuwait oil disaster
January 4, 2017When Iraq’s army left Kuwait in 1991, it set hundreds of oil wells alight. Photographer Sebastião Salgado documented the heroes who halted an environmental catastrophe.
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ISIS facing defeat, but who cares? A view from Baghdad
October 19, 2016This is PW's exclusive interview with Raid Fahmi on the fight against ISIS.
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Refugees
September 3, 2015This poem is a response to the refugee/migrant crisis now engulfing Europe.
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Isis destroys historic Temple of Bel in Syria
September 1, 2015Earlier this month Isis released footage of the decapitated body of 82-year-old antiquities department chief Khaled Asaad, whose body was later hung from Palmyra's ruins.
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Mass uprising is shaking up Iraq
August 24, 2015Iraq has witnessed a growing mass protest movement with demonstrations held every Friday since July 31 at Tahrir Square.
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