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NAJAF, IRAQ - AUGUST 30: Relatives bury a family member who died from coronavirus at the Wadi Al-salam cemetery on August 30, 2020 in Najaf, Iraq. On September 4, Iraq recorded 5,036 coronavirus cases, its biggest daily increase since the start of the outbreak. The surge has prompted warnings from Iraq's health minister and WHO that the country could be on the verge of a health crisis as pressure mounts on the already strained healthcare system. Since the first case was recorded in February, Iraq has recorded 252,075 total cases and 7,359 deaths. (Photo by Hawre Khalid/Getty Images)

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Invest in Iraq’s Potential—or Pay for Its Neglect

AL-MUNTHRIYA, IRAQ - MARCH 15: An Iraqi border guard stands in front of a picture of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, which is displayed on the Iranian side March 15, 2004 at the Al-Munthriya border crossing in Al-Munthriya, Iraq. The US has begun tightening security over Iraq's 1,300km border with Iran over the weekend, as six more US servicemen were killed in attacks by forces opposed to the 11-month old occupation. Currently there are 19 legal crossing points between Iraq and Iran, but this will be reduced to three and each traveler will have to produce a passport and be registered, Paul Bremer, the senior US administrator in Iraq, announced Saturday. The number of Iraqi border guards are to be doubled to 16,000. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Iraq’s Impossible Choice between Iran and America

HALABJA, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 24: A shepherd stands looking out towards the mountains where a mass grave site of most of the victims of the March 16, 1988 chemical attacks on Halabja are buried February 24, 2004 in Halabja, Iraq. In Halabja, approximately 5,000 innocent civilians, mostly women and children (75 percent), immediately perished due to chemical attacks committed allegedly by the Iraqi regime. The chemical attacks were said to have involved mustard gas, nerve agents and possibly cyanide. The attack on Halabja took place amidst the infamous al-Anfal campaign, in which former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein is alleged to have brutally repressed yet another of the Kurdish revolts during the Iran-Iraq war at the time. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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Iraq’s Climate Crisis Requires Bold Cooperation

MAFRAQ, JORDAN - JANUARY 29: Syrian refugees gather water as they go about their daily business in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 29, 2013 in Mafraq, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer numbers arriving in the country. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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What the World Can Do about the Middle East’s Coming Environmental Crisis

BSHARRI, LEBANON - MAY 1948: A view of cedar trees on the hills of Bsharri, Lebanon. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Bringing the Natural World into America’s Middle East Policy: Averting a Crisis Foretold

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The Sunnis of Iraq’s “Shia” Paramilitary Powerhouse