Alannah Travers

Al Jazeera English — What's your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses.

Al Jazeera English — Erbil, Iraq - Shireen*, a 53-year-old Syrian refugee living at the Kawergosk Camp in Erbil, Iraq, started to have cancer symptoms in March 2020. "In the beginning, I had a lot of pain in my breast, back and arm. I ignored the pain because I thought it could be muscle spasms or an infection," she said.

Al Jazeera English — Twenty years ago this month, the US and several allies invaded Iraq, pledging to rid the country of its purported weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and topple the Saddam Hussein regime. The US-led invasion plunged the country into war and sectarian violence. And the claims that Iraq harboured WMDs were found to be false.

The New Humanitarian — Twenty years since the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq, and more than five years after the country declared victory against so-called Islamic State, the UN is in the process of rolling out a major change in how it provides aid in the country.

Al Jazeera English — Baghdad, Iraq - Haj Mohammed al-Khashali has outlived four sons and one grandson, killed together when a car bomb tore through Mutanabbi Street in 2007. Sixteen years later, and 20 years after the United States-led invasion of his country, 89-year-old Haj Mohammed is still serving tea in the Shabandar coffee house, on the corner of the historic street he first encountered as a child running along it towards the Tigris River.

zenith.me — In der Ferne treiben verlassene Boote, näher am Ufer liegen versunkene, verrostete Schiffe in der gleißenden Sonne. Die Hitze trifft auch die Spaziergänger mit voller Wucht. Die Corniche der irakischen Stadt Basra läuft parallel zum Schatt Al-Arab, dem Tor zum Persischen Golf am Zusammenfluss von Tigris und Euphrat.

Environmental Reporting Collective — Questioned on the study, one official told Rudaw English that the government remained committed to the policy to end gas flaring by the start of 2023, and that Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani was personally encouraging of the policy, but could not say what consequences companies who continue flaring into the new year might face.

TRT World — Mismanagement, underfunding and corruption have left Iraq's education system in tatters. And a growing number of private schools are now widening the rift between children. Alannah Travers reports from Baghdad.

Al Jazeera English — Baghdad, Iraq - "The government doesn't care, they are useless, and political parties are fighting for power for themselves," said Nada, aged 27, over a coffee in Baghdad's Karrada district, reflecting on the past few tumultuous weeks - and years - of Iraq's political crisis.

alannahtravers.com — Iraq's former PM Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of the eastern side of Mosul in January 2017. Later that year, following months of further, brutal fighting, the entire city was declared free of Islamic State fighters on July 10, after two years of occupation.

Rudaw — ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - After five years of scouting, planning, and collaborating, the final leg of the two-week Zagros Mountain Trail (ZMT) thru-hike was completed earlier this month by an intrepid team including the legendary co-founders of the path Leon McCarron, an Irish explorer...

Rudaw — ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior adviser at the Iraqi water resources ministry warned on Thursday that the country's water reserves have decreased by half since last year, due to a combination of drought, lack of rainfall and declining river levels, as officials continue to caution a deeply concerning environmental and humanitarian situation in Iraq.

Rudaw — KHANKE, Kurdistan Region - A little under two months ago, from her home in the village of Khanke in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, Khansa Khder Khadida received a phone call informing her of the discovery of her eldest grandchild, 18-year-old Roza Ameen Barakat, by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the Syrian town of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border.

Rudaw — ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The week-long stand off between Islamic State (ISIS) militants and US-backed Kurdish forces has drawn to a close on Wednesday, with thousands of prisoners recaptured and fighting stalled, according to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in a conflict that has killed at least 181 people.

openDemocracy — Many thousands of displaced Yazidi survivors are still living in unbearable conditions in Iraq, with no foreseeable way out In Sharya, under the northern Iraq sky, around 18,000 displaced Yazidis shelter in 4,000 tents. Approximately 3,000 families call the camp their home, and the stench of rubbish hits you well before you can make out the endless lines of fabric structures.