COVID-19 poses new challenges for Iraq

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Iraq is suffering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren’t the only challenges as the country tries to get to grips with the coronavirus outbreak.

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Published 7 May 2020 7:46am

By Quentin Somerville (BBC)

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Iraq is suffering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren’t the only challenges as the country tries to get to grips with the coronavirus outbreak.

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COVID-19 poses new challenges for Iraq

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Iraq is suffering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren’t the only challenges as the country tries to get to grips with the coronavirus outbreak.

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Iraq is suffering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren’t the only challenges as the country tries to get to grips with the coronavirus outbreak.

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