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In this February 13, 2019 photo, children play at a park in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. The defeat of the Islamic State group in late 2017 after a ruinous four-year conflict has given the population a moment of respite, and across the capital Baghdad there is a guarded sense of hope. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this February 13, 2019 photo, children play at a park in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. The defeat of the Islamic State group in late 2017 after a ruinous four-year conflict has given the population a moment of respite, and across the capital Baghdad there is a guarded sense of hope. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



Iraqi Yazidis take part in a ceremony during the exhumation of a mass-grave of hundreds of Yazidis killed by Islamic State (IS) group militants in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district on March 15, 2019. Iraqi authorities exhumed the mass grave in an operation aiming to extract remains and identify victims of an August 2014 massacre of Yazidis by IS fighters as they entered the village of Kojo, during investigations of genocide against the decimated minority. (Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP Photo)

Iraqi Yazidis take part in a ceremony during the exhumation of a mass-grave of hundreds of Yazidis killed by Islamic State (IS) group militants in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district on March 15, 2019. Iraqi authorities exhumed the mass grave in an operation aiming to extract remains and identify victims of an August 2014 massacre of Yazidis by IS fighters as they entered the village of Kojo, during investigations of genocide against the decimated minority. (Photo by Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP Photo)



An Iraqi member of the Civil Defense shows a human skull from an unearthed mass grave of Kurds in west of the city of Samawa, Iraq on April 14, 2019. (Photo by Essam al-Sudani/Reuters)

An Iraqi member of the Civil Defense shows a human skull from an unearthed mass grave of Kurds in west of the city of Samawa, Iraq on April 14, 2019. (Photo by Essam al-Sudani/Reuters)



The new Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Najib Michaeel Moussa (C) uses a cell phone to take a “selfie” photograph with a woman, during his ordination ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in the eastern part of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on January 25, 2019. The Iraqi priest who saved a trove of religious manuscripts from the Islamic State group was ordained on January 25 as the Chaldean church's new archbishop of Mosul. The 63-year-old Archbishop Najib Michaeel was inaugurated in a ceremony in attended by Catholic leaders from Iraq and beyond, as well as local officials and residents. (Photo by Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP Photo)

The new Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Najib Michaeel Moussa (C) uses a cell phone to take a “selfie” photograph with a woman, during his ordination ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in the eastern part of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on January 25, 2019. The Iraqi priest who saved a trove of religious manuscripts from the Islamic State group was ordained on January 25 as the Chaldean church's new archbishop of Mosul. The 63-year-old Archbishop Najib Michaeel was inaugurated in a ceremony in attended by Catholic leaders from Iraq and beyond, as well as local officials and residents. (Photo by Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP Photo)



Relatives of a fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who were killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group in Manbij walk with his portrait during a funeral for the attack victims in the northern Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane on March 27, 2019. Manbij is a former IS stronghold that is now ruled by a military council affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed Kurdish-led alliance that declared victory over IS in its last redoubt in eastern Syria on Saturday. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)

Relatives of a fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who were killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group in Manbij walk with his portrait during a funeral for the attack victims in the northern Syrian-Kurdish town of Kobane on March 27, 2019. Manbij is a former IS stronghold that is now ruled by a military council affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed Kurdish-led alliance that declared victory over IS in its last redoubt in eastern Syria on Saturday. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)



People walk at snow covered place after a snowfall in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Feriq Ferec/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

People walk at snow covered place after a snowfall in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Feriq Ferec/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)



An Iraqi protester holds a broken tree as he drives a scooter towards other protesters blocking the road with a tire fire, during a demonstration against corruption and lack of services in the southern city of Basra on January 11, 2019. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)

An Iraqi protester holds a broken tree as he drives a scooter towards other protesters blocking the road with a tire fire, during a demonstration against corruption and lack of services in the southern city of Basra on January 11, 2019. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)



Shiite pilgrims make their way to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during preparations for the annual commemoration of the saint's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2019. Shiite pilgrims are expected to converge on the shrine in northern Baghdad during their annual march to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)

Shiite pilgrims make their way to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during preparations for the annual commemoration of the saint's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2019. Shiite pilgrims are expected to converge on the shrine in northern Baghdad during their annual march to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)



A member of Iraq Bikers, the first Iraqi biker group, drives with an Iraqi flag on his motorbike in Baghdad, Iraq on December 28, 2018. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)

A member of Iraq Bikers, the first Iraqi biker group, drives with an Iraqi flag on his motorbike in Baghdad, Iraq on December 28, 2018. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)



Members of the Iraq Bikers are seen with their motorbikes on a street of Baghdad, December 28, 2018. But riding a chopper through Baghdad is quite different from Route 101. The bikers have to slow down at the many military checkpoints set up around the city to deter suicide and car bomb attacks. And very few can afford a top bike. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)

Members of the Iraq Bikers are seen with their motorbikes on a street of Baghdad, December 28, 2018. But riding a chopper through Baghdad is quite different from Route 101. The bikers have to slow down at the many military checkpoints set up around the city to deter suicide and car bomb attacks. And very few can afford a top bike. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)



An Iraqi shi'ite muslim girl places a copy of the Koran on her head during the holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Ali Shrine, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on May 28, 2019. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

An Iraqi shi'ite muslim girl places a copy of the Koran on her head during the holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Ali Shrine, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq on May 28, 2019. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)



In this February 14, 2019 photo, shops and restaurants are open late at night in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this February 14, 2019 photo, shops and restaurants are open late at night in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, street vendors and shop owners wait for customers outside the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. Many shop owners in the Shiite holy neighborhood of Kadhimiya, have seen their sales drop sharply over the past year since U.S. President Donald began reimposing sanctions on Iran, home to the largest number of Shiite Muslims around the world. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, street vendors and shop owners wait for customers outside the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. Many shop owners in the Shiite holy neighborhood of Kadhimiya, have seen their sales drop sharply over the past year since U.S. President Donald began reimposing sanctions on Iran, home to the largest number of Shiite Muslims around the world. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, U.S. and Iranian currency are readied by a money exchanger outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, U.S. and Iranian currency are readied by a money exchanger outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, Iraqi Shiite pilgrims visit the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, Iraqi Shiite pilgrims visit the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, pigeons fly outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, May 21, 2019, photo, pigeons fly outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



In this February 13, 2019 photo, a chickpea soup vendor serves customers at a roadside stand, Tahrir Square, in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. The defeat of the Islamic State group in late 2017 after a ruinous four-year conflict has given the population a moment of respite, and across the capital Baghdad there is a guarded sense of hope. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)

In this February 13, 2019 photo, a chickpea soup vendor serves customers at a roadside stand, Tahrir Square, in Baghdad, Iraq. For the first time in years, Iraq is not at war. The defeat of the Islamic State group in late 2017 after a ruinous four-year conflict has given the population a moment of respite, and across the capital Baghdad there is a guarded sense of hope. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)



University of Baghdad graduates throw their caps in the air while posing for a group photo next to the “save Iraqi culture” monument, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)

University of Baghdad graduates throw their caps in the air while posing for a group photo next to the “save Iraqi culture” monument, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)



Followers of the Sabean Mandaeans, a pre-Christian sect that follows the teachings of John the Baptist, perform their rituals alongside the Tigris river during a celebration marking “Banja” or Creation Feast in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 15, 2019. Iraqi Sabaean Mandeans view the Bible's John the Baptist as savior and submerge themselves in the Tigris in an annual five-day ritual. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)

Followers of the Sabean Mandaeans, a pre-Christian sect that follows the teachings of John the Baptist, perform their rituals alongside the Tigris river during a celebration marking “Banja” or Creation Feast in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 15, 2019. Iraqi Sabaean Mandeans view the Bible's John the Baptist as savior and submerge themselves in the Tigris in an annual five-day ritual. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)



In this Friday, April 26, 2019, photo, Iraqi actress Asrar al-Obeidi, right, prepares to perform her role in “The Hotel”, at a film set in Baghdad, Iraq. A Baghdad studio is filming Iraq's first TV drama in 7 years, as the arts come to life again in the capital after more than a decade of war. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)

In this Friday, April 26, 2019, photo, Iraqi actress Asrar al-Obeidi, right, prepares to perform her role in “The Hotel”, at a film set in Baghdad, Iraq. A Baghdad studio is filming Iraq's first TV drama in 7 years, as the arts come to life again in the capital after more than a decade of war. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)



Iraqi workers in boats remove the floating dead fish from water near fish farms at the Euphrates River in Mussayab district, Iraq on November 3, 2018. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters)

Iraqi workers in boats remove the floating dead fish from water near fish farms at the Euphrates River in Mussayab district, Iraq on November 3, 2018. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters)



Cars drive through a street in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on April 29, 2019. (Photo by Haidar Hamdani/AFP Photo)

Cars drive through a street in Iraq's central city of Najaf during a sand storm on April 29, 2019. (Photo by Haidar Hamdani/AFP Photo)
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