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Iraq is conducting its first census in 27 years. It's happening because for the first time in almost three decades, Iraq is undertaking a census, an accurate count of how many people live in Iraq, ...

Today, despite being almost fully liberated from the ISIS threat, Iraq still faces problems, particularly repatriating the 1.1 million people who were internally displaced by ISIS. They currently ...

The long-running and deadly conflict between Ankara and militant groups from the ethnic Kurdish minority has spilled across the borders of both Iraq and Syria. But Turkey is also a major economic ...