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Sweden frees former Iranian official jailed for war crimes in prisoner swap
The Independent via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoMr Floderus, 33, was arrested on spying charges in 2022 while he was in Iran on holiday and was...
They survived a chemical weapons massacre, but Halabja’s victims still suffer its poisonous legacy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe wards in Halabja’s only hospital overflowed with patients in the days after the attack, so the...
Iran, Sweden exchange prisoners in Omani-mediated deal
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoIran and Sweden have completed an Omani-brokered prisoner swap that involves the release of a former...
Five books about Iraq, a cradle of civilisation and catastrophe
The Economist· 2 days agoALTHOUGH IT IS beginning to recover, Iraq is still suffering from the wars of the past decades. In...
Iraq: Policing The Blood Lands
Strategy Page· 7 days agoApril 23, 2020: ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) is still the greatest security threat and so far this year has killed 170 civilians and security personnel. A covid19 death can easily be mistaken for pneumonia.
Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoIran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union...
The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities
BBC News· 3 days agoTravellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long...
When the C.I.A. Messes Up
The New Yorker· 7 days agoDiem may have been the “miracle man of Vietnam,” as Life called him, but he was a Catholic in a Buddhist country, and the things that helped him in Washington hurt him in Saigon. The C.I.A.’ ...
Howard Fineman, political correspondent with analytical eye, dies at 75
Washington Post· 4 days agoHoward Fineman, a Newsweek political correspondent and television commentator for decades who...
