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The article discusses the social conditions in Iraq in relation to a fire inside the nursery in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq which caused the deaths of at least 13 infants including Yaman Muaad and Zahra Hussein. According to the article, several other infants are unaccounted for in the aftermath of the fire. It states that at least 25 people were being treated for smoke inhalation and burns. The infrastructure and violence in Iraq are also assessed.

A review is offered for the kebab restaurant Haji Hussein located in Baghdad, Iraq.

The article reports that Iraqi forces have engaged Islamic State fighters within the city center of Ramadi, Iraq to seize the western provincial capital. Topics discussed include views of General Sabah al-Numani, on clearing residential areas, heavy fire faced by the Iraqi forces which included soldiers and policeman along with Sunni tribal fighters and benefit of capturing Ramadi include morale lift to the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cooperation with the Sunnis.

The article reports that Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter gave an explanation regarding the U.S. air strike that killed Iraqi troops carried out by an American airplane and mentions that the accident affected U.S President Barack Administration's efforts to fighting terrorist group Islamic State.

The article discusses the popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin among Shiite Muslims in Iraq following Russian airstrikes against the terrorist group the Islamic State in neighboring Syria. Details on sectional differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims regarding foreign affairs, including their views on the U.S. and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are presented

The article reports that Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq have surrendered all the disputed oil fields to Iraq's military. Iraqi forces have reclaimed the contested city of Kirkuk from Kurdish separatists. The loss of oil reserves would erase billions of dollars in exportearnings for the kurds. The political and social impact on the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, and Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani is discussed.

The article discusses the experiences of Sunni Muslim Iraqi civilians fleeing from conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) Islamic extremist organization in Iraq's Anbar Province, highlighting a lack of options for Sunnis to seek safety. Topics addressed include prevention of entry into Baghdad, Iraq due to concerns that militants could enter along with civilians; obstacles facing humanitarian aid organizations seeking to help refugees in Iraq; and conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq.

The article discusses the official reopening of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad after it was left shuttered by the American troops when they seized the city in 2003. It states that the reopening exemplifies the willingness of the city and the government to be one of the civilized countries in the world. It adds that nothing has changed with the museum that speaks on the current condition of the country that is entrenched with corruption.

The article focuses on the move of the military officials in Iraq and the U.S. in intensifying their talk for an offensive against Islamic State militants. The operation is intended to target the stronghold of the militants in Mosul city amid doubts about the readiness of Iraqi forces. The Kurdistan Region Security Council head Masrour Barzani claims that the forces need more time to train while the government needs greater efforts to win the support of the residents and tribes in the city.

The article discusses the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization's recruitment of children and teenagers as suicide bombers, highlighting the experience of Syrian teenager Usaid Barho, who turned himself in rather than become a suicide bomber. Topics addressed include the Islamic State's involvement in wars in Iraq and Syria, as well as ISIS' efforts to encourage Barho to kill Shiite Muslims.

Thea article reports on predicament of police officers in Nineveh, Iraq who have been abandoned by the national government, highlighting the impact of the U.S.' decision to pull out its military personnel in Iraq. It states that Sunni policemen are supposed to combat terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), however the government refuses to provide them with weapons as they might sell them to ISIS. It notes that the policemen have also not received salaries for several months.

The article discusses an Iraqi couple's efforts to escape the threat of the Islamic State extremist organization (ISIS or ISIL) insurgency in Iraq in order to marry. Topics addressed include ISIS' takeover of the town of Dhuluiya, Iraq, as well as Iraqi woman Ekhlas Mohammed's eventual escape from Dhuluiya to marry Iraqi soldier Ali Amer.

The article reports on the fear of the Sunnis for permanent displacement from their town, the Euphrates Valley, of the Jurf al-Sakhar city in Iraq which was captured by the Iraqi government from the terrorist group Islamic State. It states that the Shiite-dominated Iraqi security forces drove out the civilian residents of the town. It mentions that the town is a test for the commitment of the newly formed government to rise above the violent sectarian politics.

The article discusses a diplomatic agreement reached between the Iraqi government and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq on the sharing of oil revenues and military resources. Topics addressed include the agreement's implications in terms of Iraq's ability to combat the insurgency of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization, as well as changes to Iraqi governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

The article discusses the role of corrupt leadership within the Iraqi military and police forces in limiting Iraq's ability to respond to the Islamic State's (ISIS or ISIL) insurgency in Iraq. Topics addressed include concerns regarding a lack of supplies due to officers' sale of supplies for personal profit or skimming of allocated funds, as well as difficulties for U.S. operations in Iraq due to corruption within Iraqi military leadership.

The article focuses on the passenger trains in Iraq traveling from Baghdad to Basra, along with the insights of Iraqi people on the railway industry in the country and the impact on the industry of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), a militant group. Topics include the train from China which reflect progress in the country, the comment of Ehab al-Shiekhly, former railroad worker, on his memories of Iraq's railroads, and the support of the Iraqi Railways against terrorism.

The article reports on the bombings of an ice cream parlor and a government pension office in Baghdad, Iraq on May 30, 2017 by the Islamic State, which killed and wounded many people.

The article informs that a group of Qatari hunters who were kidnapped in December 2015 in a southern Iraqi desert by Shiite militants were released on April 21, 2017, and talks about the ransom negotiations and their captivity where they were held as pawns in Iran's proxy war with Iraq and Syria.

The article discusses a double bombing near Shiite shrines visited by foreign pilgrims in Damascus, Syria, that killed people and disabled the capital's efforts to isolate from the war raging in the country and mentions that one blast was from a suicide bomber while the second blast was unclear.

The article discusses the recapturing of the city Mosul, Iraq which was seized by Islamic State militants by Iraqi police forces and also discusses distractions of the city due to this attacks.

The article reports on the counter-attack made by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's fighters in the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on the morning of October 21, 2016 which involved suicide bombings on police positions and gun battles in the heart of the city.

The article reports that as of August 7, 2014, the Jihadist organization Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have advanced in northern Iraq, taking control of the Mosul Dam after defeating the Kurdish pesh merga military force. It also notes that political leaders have met to appoint a replacement for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who has lost the support of the U.S. government.

The article reports that the Iraqi government will execute 36 ISIS members who were involved in the 2014 massacre.

The article reports on several people who were killed in a suicide attack by suicide bombers who are in military uniforms at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad, Iraq on July 7, 2016.

The article focuses on the use of Ramadan, the holy month of Muslim, by terrorist groups Al Qaeda and Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) to manipulate jihadists to kill, according to professor Fawaz A. Gerges.

The article reports on the victory proclaim by Iraqi Colonel Jamal Lateef over the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) in central areas of Falluja, a city in Iraq.

The article reports on the union of protesters in Baghdad, Iraq's Green Zone, the secure hub of government, in a violent escalation of the country's political crisis on May 20, 2016 while storming the office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators.

The article reports on the bombings in Baghdad, Iraq which killed hundreds of people as of May 19, 2016, noting that most terrorist attacks were claimed by terrorist group Islamic State.

The article reports on the blast-wall factories in Kabul, Afghanistan which are among the few businesses that remained viable to the staggering Afghan economy driven by bombings and suicide attacks, presenting the view of small business manager Noor ul Haq on the issue.

The article reports on the suicide bombings staged by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist groups in Iraq that killed at least 20 Iraqi soldiers and tribal fighters outside the regional capital of Ramadi, and five policemen in a coordinated attack outside Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad.

The article reports on the three bombings in three different neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq that killed over 90 people and wounded others, with the bombings claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group.

The article reflects on the order of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr urging his followers to leave the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, 2016 after a day of sleeping, praying, and even swimming in the area.

The article reports that protesters who are the followers of Iraqi politician Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr has protested against corruption at Green Zone in Baghda, Iraq to enter in the Parliament building on April 30, 2016.

The article focuses on the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Baghdad, Iraq to discuss the military and humanitarian aid of the U.S. against the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS and ISIL), and to show support for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

The article reports on the suicide bombing by terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) at a soccer game in Baghdad, Iraq on March 25, 2016 which killed at least 31 people.

the article reports on the killing of 33 people at checkpoint near Babylon in Central Iraq on March 6, 2016 by fuel truck driven through suicide bomber explosion, while mentioning that the Islamic State took responsibility of the blast, and views of eyewitness Um Zahra on the same.

The article reports on two bombings in Baghdad, Iraq by the organization Islamic State which killed 42 people and injured 95, and mentions views of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the bombings which was in response to defeat faced by the Islamic State on the battlefields.

The article reports on the destruction of the monastery of Saint Elijah in Iraq by the terrorist organization Islamic State, or ISIS, as of January 2016, and mentions destruction of historic sites by ISIS for eradicating the remnants of the culture that is reportedly disliked by ISIS.

The article reports on attack of the Islamic State militants on shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, Iraq on January 11, 2016 along with helicopters hovering overhead and mentions that the attack killed and injured several people which included members of security forces.

The article offers world news briefs as of 2015 which include permission given to jailed reporter Jason Rezaian for an extended visit with his wife and mother, earthquake in Pakistan and Afghanistan and creation of new states in South Sudan which led to protests from the opposition.

The article reports that the Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed to recapture and strike Ramadi, Iraq, by releasing statements asserting that ISIS fighters has killed Iraqi government forces in attacks and mentions other statements by the group according to the research firm SITE Intelligence Group.

The article focuses on the initiatives taken by the Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters, backed by the U.S. air power, to fight against Islamic State in Ramadi, Iraq, and offers views of Sheikh Sufyan al-Ethawi, a tribal leader, on the same.

The article reports that group of rival fighter of Iraq Kurdish has retook the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar from militant group Islamic State with the help of the U. S. Air Force and without Iraqi military forces and offers views of Iraqi Kurdish government's president Masoud Barzani on the same.

The article reports on a rocket attack by the Iran-supported Shiite militia Mukhtar Army on a camp near Baghdad, Iraq that killed 23 members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq and mentions views of Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman for Mujahedeen, on the issue.

The article reports on the bomb explosion at a food market in Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 13, 2015, in which terrorist organization claimed responsibility of the attack.

The article discusses the measures passed by the Parliament to reform the political system of Iraq, including reduction of perks for officials, and elimination of deputy prime minister posts and sectarian quotas in political appointments, and their impact on the country's Sunni minority.

The article reports on the proposal by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq to reshape the political system of the country due to government poor services and corruption.

The article offers world news briefs on topics including the financial support requested by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the fund shortage faced by international aid agencies in Iraq, the decision of British Prime Minister David Cameroon to expel a number of Nigerians in Africa.

The article reports on the chaotic situation in Iraq which has been caused by rising temperature and shortage of electricity.

The article reports on a bombing carried out by the Islamic State terrorist group at a marketplace in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, which killed at least 100 shoppers as they prepared for a Ramadan celebration.