Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey
Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.
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Nine-year-old girls raped, beaten and forced to 'legally' marry old men. Teenagers attacked by their own fathers and brothers in 'honour' killings before being thrown in secret graves. This is the horrific truth of life in Iraq
As I write this, my two young granddaughters are playing on the floor of my small home. Aged four and six, they tussle over their dolls, turning to me to ask who should get the one that is prettiest.
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Why this is the most brutally realistic war film ever made, writes RICHARD PENDLEBURY, who's reported on conflicts around the world for 25 years - and says the story of a unit under fire in Iraq has haunting lessons for Ukraine today
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My first experience of being under direct fire happened while I was lying in an alpine meadow near Batusha, Kosovo, on a glorious spring morning in 1999.
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Blink-182's Mark Hoppus makes bizarre claim that HE helped capture Saddam Hussein
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Hoppus, 53, recalled an encounter aboard an aircraft carrier in the early 2000s - when the war in Iraq was heating up - where he allegedly provided his insights to an admiral.
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Videotape sculptures and wartime paintings among Turner prize shortlist
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Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, Rene Matić and Zadie Xa have been nominated for £25,000 prize
An artist who creates swirling sculptures out of fabric and old videocassette tape, and another who installed h…
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What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis | Peter Beaumont
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I was there with US soldiers in 2006 and can see why the film-makers zoomed in on them so closely. But it results in glaring flaws
Think back to 2006. Iraq was at the peak of its conflicts. A horrific…
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In pictures: Easter celebrated around the world from Greece to Iraq
All Christians, from Orthodox and western churches, are celebrating Easter on the same day this year.
Warfare review – nerve-shredding real-time Iraq war film drags you into visceral frontline combat
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Co-directors Alex Garland and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza recreate a 2006 battle with almost unbearable intensity – and a dazzling ensemble cast
It’s up there with the first 23 bruising minutes of…
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Weather tracker: sandstorm turns Iraqi skies orange and empties the streets
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Thousands go to hospital with respiratory problems after massive dust cloud blows in from Saudi Arabia
Iraq was hit by its most severe sandstorm of 2025 this week, turning skies from blue to an orange…
Boot camp, matching tattoos and mutual head-shaving: Kit Connor, Will Poulter and Michael Gandolfini on making Warfare
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Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film recounts the ordeal of US troops trapped in Iraq. Here, ex-Navy Seal Mendoza, who was one of the soldiers, discusses how the movie was made with his troupe of acto…