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As new Iraq PM takes helm, public salaries on chopping block | AFP

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on May 7, 2020]

Baghdad (AFP) – With its financial outlook darkening by the day, Iraq is considering slashing its massive public payroll — an unpopular move likely to renew protests as a new government takes the helm.

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As Iraqis protest against state, tribes make a comeback | AFP

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here with my colleague Sarah Benhaida December 10, 2019]

Iraqi protesters have clashed with police and torched government offices, a premier has resigned and precious blood spilt. As modern institutions collapse, an old force is making a comeback: its tribes.

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Mosul battle leaving legacy of environmental damage | AFP

December 12, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on December 12, 2016]

Qayyarah, Iraq // The battle to retake Mosul from ISIL is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will pose dangers to people for years to come.

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Iraqi firefighters battle to tame IS oil well fires | AFP

November 20, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 20, 2016]

Clad in red helmets and surgical masks, the firefighters emerged exhausted from the massive column of smoke streaming almost incessantly out of an oil well in northern Iraq.

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Informants and interrogations crucial to Mosul advance | AFP

November 19, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 19, 2016]

Identification cards and cell phones in hand, dozens of Iraqi men and boys trudge down a dusty road in eastern Mosul towards intelligence officials waiting apprehensively outside the neighbourhood mosque.

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Mosul mechanics fight IS with wrenches | AFP

November 18, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 18, 2016]

They are armed with wrenches instead of rifles and are rarely found on the front lines, but Mosul’s mechanics say they are indispensable to the fight against the Islamic State group.

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Foreign medics treat wounded children in Iraq’s Mosul | AFP

November 16, 2016April 19, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 16, 2016]

Foreign medics are helping Iraqi special forces personnel treat a growing number of children wounded by intense urban warfare inside the jihadist-held city of Mosul.

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‘Take cover!’ Tackling IS car bombs in Iraq | AFP

November 15, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 15, 2016]

It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier’s face to transform from relaxed contentment to absolute terror. “Car bomb!”

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Iraqi troops listen in on IS walkie-talkies in Mosul | AFP

November 12, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 12, 2016]

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) – “Two grooms are coming,” a low voice crackles over the walkie-talkie, prompting a lanky Iraqi special forces soldier listening in Mosul to shout: “Boys! They’ve just dispatched two suicide bombers!”

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People have to eat. Two days after the sadistic attack at Tayaran Square, vegetable stalls and day-laborers are back, trying to earn enough to survive #Iraq's economic downturn. But they've got plenty of questions. Why now? Is this the first attack of many? And why weren't security forces able to stop the two bombers? In my latest for AFP, I take a look at what this attack might tell us about Iraq's security forces, worn down by Covid-19, political infighting and corruption. Link in bio.
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