Scenes From the Deadly Earthquake That’s Devastated Iraq and Iran
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed more than 400 people and injured thousands.
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Viewfinder: Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurds
A member of the Iraqi forces covers his ears as he fires a mortar against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on October 26th, 2017.
Viewfinder: Iraqi Forces Launch Assault
Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017.
Viewfinder: Iraqi Kurds Vote for Independence
Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.
Viewfinder: Celebrating Victory in Mosul
An Iraqi boy flashes the sign for victory as he celebrates in the Old City of Mosul on July 9th, 2017, after the government's announcement of the liberation of the embattled city.
The Futile War Against Civilian Casualties
The rise of precision munitions should have made civilian casualties an avoidable relic of yesteryear. It didn't.
Viewfinder: Airstrikes in West Mosul
Smoke rises following an airstrike in Mosul, Iraq, on March 6th, 2017, during an offensive by Iraqi forces…
Even a Suspended Ban Puts This Iraqi Interpreter’s American Dream at Risk
An interpreter who risked his life working for the U.S. Marines is worried what leaving the country might…