Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Rashid Yahya Small havens remained safe, like the new Barchi, with only about 150 houses and where villagers rely on sesame, walnuts and rice farming.

In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

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GUHARZE, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish villagers ... He used to go back to the old village every now and then to farm his land. But that stopped in 2015 when Turkish forces moved in and set up ...