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Iraq is one of the most climate-vulnerable places on Earth. This summer, Sheikh Kezem Al-Kaabi fights to continue farming his ancestral land despite extreme heat and worsening water shortages. Meanwhile in Baghdad, traffic cop Sa’ad Saddam Abdulhasan is responsible for one of the city’s busiest intersections. He keeps the city moving, but that means working in 50C heat while standing on black asp…

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Rising temperatures in Iraq

Iraq | 2022

Iraq is on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Temperatures have risen 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the end of the 19th century - twice the global average. It’s also a major oil producer and the world’s second largest offender of gas flaring, a process that releases CO2. Special Correspondent Simona Foltyn reports on how heat and drought threaten those who farm and fish in a country once known …

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Mesopotamia 3D

Iraq | 2021

Sumer. Babylon. The epic Gilgamesh and the legendary Tower of Babel. Today, these names still resonate. They embody Mesopotamia – the land between the two rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. Regarded as a cradle of civilization, within this historical region humanity organized itself into a society of tens of thousands. They invented writing, developed agriculture, and monumental architectural struct…

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Imad's Childhood

Iraq | 2021

After two and a half years in captivity, Imad, his little brother Idan and their mother Ghazala are released into a displaced persons' camp in Kurdistan. Healing from the trauma is hard for all of them, but it seems Imad is having a particularly tough time. Not yet five, he has already spent over half his life enduring terror, abuse and "training" meant to make him heartless. Speaking only Arabic…

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Iraq Elections

Iraq | 2021

Iraq has held its fifth election since the US-led invasion in 2003. The government is portraying the election as fulfilling the public demand for change but protesters denounce it as neither free nor fair.

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Yazidi Return

Iraq | 2021

Seven years ago an attack from the Islamic State forced 100,000 Yazidis to flee their homes in northern Iraq to Mount Sinjar, where they were trapped for days. What is life like for the survivors?

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Assassins of Iraq

Iraq | 2021

In one of his last interviews, Hisham Al Hashimi, Iraq’s foremost security expert, described the resurgence of IS as an al-Qaeda-like insurgency. Three weeks after this interview, on July 6th 2020, Al Hashimi was murdered in front of his home in Baghdad. This incident caused shockwaves – and revealed that Iraq is once more a nation in a state of crisis: its fragile status as an independent, secu…

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Baghdad Cop

Iraq | 2020

Unprecedented access into Baghdad’s police force reveals the extraordinary life of Major Aziz Nasser, trouble-shooter for Baghdad’s Chief of Police. Decades of bloodshed have left the region’s infrastructure in ruins, and the Baghdad police force struggles to hold the city together. In the midst of it all is Major Aziz Nasser, an idealist who’s trying to restore their battered reputation amidst t…

Life at 50°C: Iraq

Iraq | 2022

Rising temperatures in Iraq

Iraq | 2022

Mesopotamia 3D

Iraq | 2021

Imad's Childhood

Iraq | 2021

Iraq Elections

Iraq | 2021

Yazidi Return

Iraq | 2021

Assassins of Iraq

Iraq | 2021

Baghdad Cop

Iraq | 2020