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Hobby Lobby's Smuggled Artifacts Will Be Returned To Iraq

11:16pm May 01, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Antiquities were shipped from dealers to the Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts stores. But on Wednesday, federal authorities will give the ancient objects back to Iraq.

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As Iraq Tries To Deal With Remnants Of ISIS, Wives Of Fighters Sentenced To Life In Prison

4:41pm April 30, 2018

by Jane Arraf

An Iraqi court this weekend sentenced more than a dozen women — some with their children in hand — to life in prison because they were married to ISIS fighters. Many of the women are foreigners from Russia.

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The Shorja market in central Baghdad, bustling in early April, was targeted in attacks in 2007.

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15 Years After U.S. Invasion, Some Iraqis Are Nostalgic For Saddam Hussein Era

2:46pm April 30, 2018

by Jane Arraf

"Many people, when they compare between the situation under Saddam Hussein and now, find maybe their life under Saddam Hussein was better," says an Iraqi general.

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Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri was destroyed in June 2017 by ISIS as government forces closed in on the city. The United Arab Emirates will contribute $50.4 million to restore the mosque and other cultural landmarks.

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Mosul's Famed Mosque And 'Hunchback' Minaret, Destroyed By ISIS, Will Be Rebuilt

4:27pm April 24, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The United Arab Emirates says it will contribute $50.4 million to fund the restoration in the Iraqi city. UNESCO called it an "unprecedented cooperation to rebuild cultural heritage in Iraq."

Young people take a photo in front of the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, known as the "Heart of Chechnya," and large letters reading "I love Grozny" in central Grozny, Russia, in 2017.

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Russia Works To Rescue The Lost Children Of ISIS Fighters

2:22pm April 19, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The government-backed effort seeks to reunite the wives and children of ISIS fighters with family in Russia. Many of the thousands of Russian Muslim men who joined ISIS were killed in the fighting.

Steve Gagner fills one of the first barrels of bourbon from Danger Close Craft Distilling in St. Albans, Vt.

Veterans-Turned-Brewers Help Others Who Served Develop New Skills

11:35am April 19, 2018

by Rebecca Sheir

Vermont veterans cook up a brewery and a bourbon distillery that not only lifts spirits, but gives back to the community and creates a model that may encourage other vets to try entrepreneurship.

Protesters shout slogans as they wave Iraqi and Syrian flags in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Sunday.

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Iraqis Protest U.S.-Led Airstrikes Against Syria

1:41pm April 16, 2018

Slogans were shouted and American and Israeli flags burned in protests in three major Iraqi cities following a call from a former leader of an anti-U.S. militia.

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In Iraq, Protesters March Against Missile Strikes In Syria

7:29am April 16, 2018

by Jane Arraf

Rallies opposing the U.S.-led bombing of Syria took place in Iraq over the weekend. The U.S., France and Britain conducted airstrikes after the Syrian regime used suspected chemical weapons..

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Like other spring holidays, Sere Sal, the Yazidi new year, is about fertility and new life. An ancient Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidis color eggs for the holiday in honor of the colors that Tawus Melek, God's chief angel, is said to have spread th

For Yazidis In U.S., New Year Holiday Brings Taste Of Lamb And The Home They Fled

8:00am April 15, 2018

by Bonny Wolf

Like other spring holidays, Sere Sal is about fertility and new life. For Yazidi refugees who fled genocide at the hands of ISIS in Iraq, cooking the foods of the holiday is a way to re-create home.

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Iraqi Who Toppled Saddam Hussein Statue 15 Years Ago Regrets His Action

7:06am April 09, 2018

by Jane Arraf

An Iraqi man who famously took a sledge hammer to a statue of Saddam Hussein during the U.S. invasion 15 years ago looks back at what has happened to his country since then.

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