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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Airlines Halt Many Middle East Flights After Israel Hits Iran

Global airlines on Friday cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran and other Middle East destinations, or rerouted planes, as airspaces shut following Israeli strikes on Iran.

International Business Times

Mapped: Where Iranian and Israeli missiles have struck as Middle East tensions escalate

Escalating tensions as Israel launches largest bombardment on Iran in decades early on Friday

The Independent UK

Why Israel and Iran’s escalation is unprecedented – and what it means for a teetering Middle East

ON THE GROUND: The fear is that this war between Israel and Iran will play out on the ground of all the countries in between, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Damascus

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Which airlines paused or cancelled flights after Israel’s attack on Iran?

Airlines suspend flights and some countries close airspace after Israel launches attacks on Iran and Tehran retaliates.

Al Jazeera

Enslaved Africans led a decade-long rebellion 1,200 years ago in Iraq, new evidence suggests

The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of canals in what is now Iraq, a new study finds.

LiveScience

Israel's strikes against Iran: A political manoeuvre or all-out war?

Iran maintains its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and geared to civilian use but Israel claims previous Iranian deception means a military response is the only way to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

Euronews

Mapping US troops and military bases in the Middle East

There are between 40,000 and 50,000 US troops in the Middle East across at least 19 sites.

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The history of US-Iran relations as tensions flare with Israel

The diplomatic tension between Washington and Tehran goes back decades

The Independent UK

Flight 149: Hostage of War - Why was a BA Flight allowed to land in the middle of the Gulf War?

The horrific incident saw more than 300 people taken hostage after their unwittingly landed in a warzone

The Independent UK

Trump partially evacuating Iraq embassy amid rising tensions with Iran

US partially evacuating Iraq embassy and withdrawing military dependents from across region

The Independent UK

US withdraws some embassy staff from Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate

The US State Department's move follows stalled nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran.

Euronews

US orders non-essential embassy staff out of Iraq amid growing Middle East tensions

State department move comes amid increasing concerns about nuclear talks between US and Iran that appear to b deadlocked

The Guardian - AU

Crude Prices Surge on Security Risks in Iraq

July WTI crude oil (CLN25 ) Wednesday closed up +3.17 (+4.88%), and July RBOB gasoline (RBN25 ) closed up +0.0788 (+3.77%). Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied sharply on Wednesday, with crude posting a 2-1/4 month high and gasoline posting a 3-week high. Wednesday's weaker dollar was supportive of energy...

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Jordan’s long road to World Cup qualification took a strange diversion

Improvement of side has been slow and steady since Harry Redknapp and Ray Wilkins had short spells in charge

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The Independent UK

Public employees in Iraq’s Kurdish region caught in the middle of Baghdad-Irbil oil dispute

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues

The Independent UK

Australian engineer freed on bail after four years in Iraqi prison

Robert Pether remains barred from leaving Iraq

The Guardian - AU

Australian Robert Pether released from Iraqi prison four years after being arbitrarily detained

A UN working group report found engineer’s 2021 detention was in breach of international law

AAP

Australian detained in Iraq released after four years

An Australian engineer has been released on bail after being imprisoned in an Iraqi jail on fraud and misrepresentation charges.

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Evening Standard

Parliament moves closer to setting up Iraq war-style inquiry into Gaza conflict

Jeremy Corbyn alleged that the UK had a ‘highly influential role in Israel’s military operations’.

The Guardian - UK

How exactly has Britain supported Israel’s military assault on Gaza? The public has a right to know

When I was Labour leader, the Chilcot report condemned the party for its disastrous war in Iraq. We need a similar inquiry now, says MP Jeremy Corbyn

The Independent UK

Archaeologists solve mystery of Iraq’s huge network of ridges and canals

The researchers reviewed images from the 1960s showing the remains of more than 7,000 massive ridges

Euronews

So-called Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian forces since fall of al-Assad

The extremist group, which once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, has opposed the new authority in Damascus led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once the head of al-Qaeda's Syria branch.

The Independent UK

Family of an Israeli held hostage in Iraq for 800 days hangs on to hope for her freedom

With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate an Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different Iranian-backed militant group

The Independent UK

Swedish man charged over 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group

A Swedish man has been indicted as a member of the Islamic State group in connection with the killing of a Jordanian pilot whose plane went down in Syria on Christmas Eve 2014

The Independent UK

First class graduates from American University of Baghdad, once Saddam's palace

The American University of Baghdad has celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein

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