Archived Topic: Iraq : NPR https://www.npr.org Archived Topic: Iraq en Copyright 2020 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 05:01:00 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 Archived Topic: Iraq https://www.npr.org Voters In Iraq's 3 Kurdish Regions Hold Parliamentary Elections Iraqi Kurds — close allies of the U.S. — held elections Sunday. They're starting to turn away from old founding fathers to vote for new leaders with different priorities. Mon, 01 Oct 2018 05:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/10/01/653232817/kurds-in-iraq-hold-parliamentary-elections?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/10/01/653232817/kurds-in-iraq-hold-parliamentary-elections?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq Iraqi Kurds — close allies of the U.S. — held elections Sunday. They're starting to turn away from old founding fathers to vote for new leaders with different priorities.

]]> Jane Arraf U.S. Closes Consulate In Basra, Citing Iran-Backed Violence The State Department is temporarily closing the U.S. Consulate in the southern Iraqi city and evacuating all diplomats stationed there, following a rocket attack early Friday morning. Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:34:17 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/29/652988484/u-s-closes-consulate-in-basra-citing-iran-backed-violence?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/09/29/652988484/u-s-closes-consulate-in-basra-citing-iran-backed-violence?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

The State Department is temporarily closing the U.S. Consulate in the southern Iraqi city and evacuating all diplomats stationed there, following a rocket attack early Friday morning.

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]]> Noor Wazwaz Under Threat At Home, Refugee Scholars Find Academic Havens At U.S. Universities American universities have created a consortium that offers temporary academic homes for refugee scholars threatened by war and authoritarian governments. Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:07:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/647024034/under-threat-at-home-refugee-scholars-find-academic-havens-at-u-s-universities?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/647024034/under-threat-at-home-refugee-scholars-find-academic-havens-at-u-s-universities?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

American universities have created a consortium that offers temporary academic homes for refugee scholars threatened by war and authoritarian governments.

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]]> Deborah Amos Blackwater Guard's 2nd Murder Trial Ends Without A Verdict Nicholas Slatten was previously found guilty in the 2007 mass shooting of unarmed civilians in Baghdad, but that conviction was overturned last year. Now his retrial has ended in a hung jury. Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:06:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645176400/blackwater-guards-2nd-murder-trial-ends-without-a-verdict?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645176400/blackwater-guards-2nd-murder-trial-ends-without-a-verdict?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

Nicholas Slatten was previously found guilty in the 2007 mass shooting of unarmed civilians in Baghdad, but that conviction was overturned last year. Now his retrial has ended in a hung jury.

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]]> Camila Domonoske Mustafa Returns: Iraqi Boy's Hope For A Prosthetic Leg Proves Complicated He was injured as a baby and doctors were able to save his life, but not his leg. Now a teenager, he's in Oregon for a second time, hoping for a second prosthesis to replace the one he outgrew. Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:58:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/641078611/mustafa-returns-iraqi-boys-hope-for-a-prosthetic-leg-proves-complicated?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/641078611/mustafa-returns-iraqi-boys-hope-for-a-prosthetic-leg-proves-complicated?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

He was injured as a baby and doctors were able to save his life, but not his leg. Now a teenager, he's in Oregon for a second time, hoping for a second prosthesis to replace the one he outgrew.

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]]> Kristian Foden-Vencil Why The Number Of U.S. Visas Being Granted To Afghan And Iraqi Allies Are Down During the many years U.S. troops have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, locals have served as interpreters and other capacities at considerable risk to themselves and their families. Many have been allowed to immigrate to the U.S., but the Trump administration has greatly reduced those numbers. Fri, 24 Aug 2018 17:27:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641706119/why-the-number-of-u-s-visas-being-granted-to-afghan-and-iraqi-allies-are-down?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641706119/why-the-number-of-u-s-visas-being-granted-to-afghan-and-iraqi-allies-are-down?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq During the many years U.S. troops have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, locals have served as interpreters and other capacities at considerable risk to themselves and their families. Many have been allowed to immigrate to the U.S., but the Trump administration has greatly reduced those numbers.

]]> Quil Lawrence 'The Old City Will Come Back Better': Residents Of Mosul Return And Rebuild More than a year after ISIS was driven out, residents are doing their best to rebuild in historic neighborhoods left in rubble. "Even if no one else came back," a shopkeeper says, "I would come back." Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23/640869309/the-old-city-will-come-back-better-residents-of-mosul-return-and-rebuild?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23/640869309/the-old-city-will-come-back-better-residents-of-mosul-return-and-rebuild?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

More than a year after ISIS was driven out, residents are doing their best to rebuild in historic neighborhoods left in rubble. "Even if no one else came back," a shopkeeper says, "I would come back."

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]]> Jane Arraf ISIS Is Gone But Mosul Residents Still Suffer Dire Conditions More than a year after the end of the battle of Mosul, the large Iraqi city still has neighborhoods in rubble and a traumatized people trying to rebuild their lives. Mon, 20 Aug 2018 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/640141259/isis-is-gone-but-mosul-residents-still-suffer-dire-conditions?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/640141259/isis-is-gone-but-mosul-residents-still-suffer-dire-conditions?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq More than a year after the end of the battle of Mosul, the large Iraqi city still has neighborhoods in rubble and a traumatized people trying to rebuild their lives.

]]> Jane Arraf 'Baghdad Noir' Presents A City Of Diverse Experiences Akashic Books' Noir series visits Baghdad for its latest installment, and the talented writers collected here manage to wrest compelling noir from a place that's plenty dark already. Sun, 12 Aug 2018 07:00:21 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/08/12/637523153/baghdad-noir-presents-a-city-of-diverse-experiences?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/08/12/637523153/baghdad-noir-presents-a-city-of-diverse-experiences?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

Akashic Books' Noir series visits Baghdad for its latest installment, and the talented writers collected here manage to wrest compelling noir from a place that's plenty dark already.

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]]> Bethanne Patrick Unrest In Southern Iraq Continues As Government Cuts Internet Protests have gripped areas in southern Iraq for several days. The government has cut off access to the Internet, making it more difficult to get accurate information. Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:09:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629362000/unrest-in-southern-iraq-continues-as-government-cuts-internet?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629362000/unrest-in-southern-iraq-continues-as-government-cuts-internet?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq Protests have gripped areas in southern Iraq for several days. The government has cut off access to the Internet, making it more difficult to get accurate information.

]]> Jane Arraf News Brief: What Trump And Putin Want From Their Summit, Plus Iraq Protests Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki - why have senators strongly urged Trump not to meet Putin alone? And southern Iraq is in turmoil as protests over jobs and basic services spread. Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:09:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629361972/news-brief-what-trump-and-putin-want-from-their-summit-plus-iraq-protests?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/16/629361972/news-brief-what-trump-and-putin-want-from-their-summit-plus-iraq-protests?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki - why have senators strongly urged Trump not to meet Putin alone? And southern Iraq is in turmoil as protests over jobs and basic services spread.

]]> From Deep In The Iraqi Desert, A New U.S. Fire Base Targets ISIS In Syria NPR recently visited the base, where 150 U.S. soldiers and Marines provide support for Iraqi and U.S.-backed Syrian forces. Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:50:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625581972/from-deep-in-the-iraqi-desert-a-new-u-s-fire-base-targets-isis-in-syria?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625581972/from-deep-in-the-iraqi-desert-a-new-u-s-fire-base-targets-isis-in-syria?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

NPR recently visited the base, where 150 U.S. soldiers and Marines provide support for Iraqi and U.S.-backed Syrian forces.

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]]> Jane Arraf Pentagon Questioned Over Blackout On War Zone Troop Numbers The Pentagon has stopped reporting troop levels for Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria following President Trump's declaration that the U.S. would not talk about troop numbers in Afghanistan. Tue, 03 Jul 2018 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/625544265/pentagon-questioned-over-war-zone-numbers-blackout?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/625544265/pentagon-questioned-over-war-zone-numbers-blackout?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq

The Pentagon has stopped reporting troop levels for Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria following President Trump's declaration that the U.S. would not talk about troop numbers in Afghanistan.

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]]> David Welna Along The Iraq-Syria Border, U.S. Troops Focus On Defeating ISIS A U.S. major general tours a remote outpost of troops along the Iraq-Syria border, where U.S. Marines and soldiers fire into Syria to hit ISIS targets and help secure the relative calm in Iraq. Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:20:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625406747/along-the-iraq-syria-border-u-s-troops-focus-on-defeating-isis?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625406747/along-the-iraq-syria-border-u-s-troops-focus-on-defeating-isis?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq A U.S. major general tours a remote outpost of troops along the Iraq-Syria border, where U.S. Marines and soldiers fire into Syria to hit ISIS targets and help secure the relative calm in Iraq.

]]> Jane Arraf Security Forces In Iraq Step Up Attacks On ISIS In Syria NPR travels with a U.S. general as he tours the remote border of Iraq and Syria, where U.S. troops are shelling ISIS targets and trying to secure Iraq. Mon, 02 Jul 2018 05:04:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625259866/iraq-u-s-border-operation?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625259866/iraq-u-s-border-operation?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=archivedtopiciraq NPR travels with a U.S. general as he tours the remote border of Iraq and Syria, where U.S. troops are shelling ISIS targets and trying to secure Iraq.

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