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Baghdad Bureau Chief for . I cover Iraq + Northeast Syria. Before: Cairo, Istanbul, Beirut. Get in touch: louisa.loveluck@washpost.com

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Joined May 2009
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  1. 7 minutes ago

    Key question today: what will happen to the prisons & camps holding alleged ISIS fighters & families? The SDF have never had the capacity to hold them indefinitely. US pullout & likely Turkish invasion just accelerated risk that authorities will lose control.

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    15 minutes ago

    One of the oddest things about the Trump announcement is that a readout from Erdogan's office of phone call made no such mention of imminent US pullout or greenlight. Was extremely bland. Main point was Erdogan to visit Washington next month.

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  3. 17 minutes ago

    In stepping aside in northeastern Syria, the US abandons a military ally that led the fight against ISIS. Thousands of their fighters were killed. Here, a spokesman asks why the US let them think it would fulfil commitments on a safe zone:

    We are not expecting the US to protect NE . But people here are owed an explanation regarding security mechanism deal, destruction of fortifications and failure of US to fulfill their commitments.
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  4. 23 minutes ago

    'A senior US official said the US government “has no idea” what the Turkish operation would look like, whether it would be a small, symbolic incursion or a major offensive intended to push 30 or 40km into Syria.'

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  5. 24 minutes ago

    This is huge: The US has begun pulling troops from northeastern Syria, standing aside for a potential Turkish invasion of a Kurdish majority enclave.

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  6. 13 hours ago

    Offline and on edge, Iraq’s deadly violence is spiralling. At least 104 dead, 6000 wounded in just 6 days.

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    15 hours ago

    5 people killed in Sadr city in Baghdad in new clashes between protesters and police, security and medical sources tell

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  8. Oct 5

    Baghdad late afternoon as clashes began. Ambulance crews tonight said they had been shot at while carrying wounded to hospital.

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    Oct 5

    Update: Live network measurement data from show that leading internet service provider Earthlink continues to block social media and messaging apps, while other companies have now lifted the restrictions 📊

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  10. Oct 5

    Noticeable shift in police tactics in Baghdad in recent days. Tear gas and bullets started quickly against a crowd which gathered late afternoon. Reports of 4-5 dead since we left.

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  11. Oct 5

    In Baghdad, gunfire rang out late into the night. Streets largely quiet for now as some 300 protesters reportedly meet with parliamentary speaker. Politicians trying to get a handle on the unrest, but unclear whether they can succeed.

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  12. Oct 5

    Almost impossible to get online in Baghdad -- protest death toll has risen to 93, more than 3900 wounded, protesters have been arrested from hospitals. Our story from last night: w the great .

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  13. Oct 4

    Internet access restored for brief period across some of Iraq last night as PM Abdul Mahdi prepared to make televised speech. Social media was suddenly flooded with videos of the clashes that had happened amid info blackout - then internet was cut again.

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  14. Oct 4

    ICRC says it is concerned by increasingly violent clashes across Iraq -- says its medical teams are supporting hospitals treating the wounded. "“The use of force by security forces must be proportionate," says head of delegation, .

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  15. Oct 4

    Iraq's human rights commission says that 38 have died in the protests, 1648 wounded. Says government not cooperating to provide figures showing extent of the casualties.

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  16. Oct 4

    Most streets in Baghdad are eerily quiet -- a nationwide curfew is still in place. But east of Tahrir Square, protesters have already gathered this morning. Reports of live fire from security forces.

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    Oct 3

    Protesters sacked govt building tried to storm governor's house in Nasiriya ISF fired into crowd Police went into hospital and arrested wounded protesters Protests in two other parts of Dhi Qar 10 killed total in province

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    Oct 3

    Utter chaos in Iraq. This is Baghdad tonight. So many scenes like this coming in from many parts of the country. There are fears the death toll is far higher than the 31 reported so far.

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    Iraqi security forces flee Tayran Square, .
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  19. Oct 3

    Protester in Najaf: “They followed them home and cornered them in side streets and alleyways where other protesters could not protect them.”

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    Oct 3

    Internet services have been partially restored and within seconds hundreds of videos from earlier today and last night poured in including

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