Displaced Iraqis from the Yezidi community at a camp for internally displaced persons in Khanke, in Dohuk province, January 20, 2023. Safin Hamed/AFP/via Getty Images MER Article Perspective—Recognizing and Repairing the Harm to Iraq’s Minority Communities As the Costs of War project has documented, the US invasion of Iraq and its aftermath (including interventions, the rise of militant groups and terror attacks) resulted in more than three hundred thousand deaths due to direct violence. Twenty years later, the knock-on effects of war on Iraq’s environmental Hannibal Travis • 6 min read
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