Gangs of destitute Iraqis pick through dump outside Erbil as the city, once a beacon of prosperity, struggles with economic and refugee crises.
Middle East Eye: Down in the dumps – Erbil’s landfill people sift waste to scrape a living

Gangs of destitute Iraqis pick through dump outside Erbil as the city, once a beacon of prosperity, struggles with economic and refugee crises.
While neighbouring Kurds make headlines, tensions simmer quietly in Iran as an exiled Kurdish group seeks to capitalise on growing discontent.
As the Iraqi military slowly pushes into the heart of Mosul, suspected ISIS fighters are summarily executed.
The site of the ancient city of Nimrud was destroyed and plundered by ISIS, just one of the region’s archeological treasures to […]
Eventually the stench of death was too much even for ISIS. They covered it, mined it. The Iraqi government won’t touch it. […]