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Almost 50% of forests have been lost in Kurdistan in 70 years, as a nursery in the city of Sulaimaniyah works to battle the destructive effects of deforestation
In-depth: The SDF's release of hundreds of Islamic State militants has raised fears of possible infiltration into Iraq, alarming minority communities.
In-depth: A German-flagged ship carrying explosives for Israel's army docked in Alexandria last month, while an Israeli warship sailed through the Suez Canal.
In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are national icons, but they are being battered by drought, as farmers do their best to revive their harvests
Iraqi authorities face scrutiny for alleged mass executions at Nasiriyah prison, with rights groups claiming one of the largest execution waves since 2003.
In-depth: Ten years after the Yazidi genocide, there are fears that records of Islamic State crimes are being lost, preventing accountability and justice.
In-depth: Iraq has one of the largest numbers of missing persons worldwide, with up to one million people having been forcibly disappeared in the past 50 years.
In-depth: The Palestinian journalist was killed when a US warplane struck Al Jazeera's Baghdad office during the invasion of Iraq. To this day, his family are still fighting for justice and accountability.
In-depth: Beyond winning the tournament itself, there is a much bigger prize at stake for Iraq.
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The effects of climate change have drastically affected millennia-old boating traditions in southern Iraq, causing many boat builders to change their profession. Without proper governmental intervention, this worrying trend is set to worsen.