Basra residents, who have been protesting to demand services and jobs, are disappointed with the new government for not appointing any minister from Basra and call for the establishment of a Basra federal region.
In Iraq's Kurdish region, a new generation is coming of age which has seen only two parties in power - KDP and PUK. For some of these youth, the two parties are responsible for the worsening of the economic situation in the country.
As temperatures in Syria fall, families living in opposition areas are struggling to afford the fuel needed to heat their homes. The increase of the price of fuel is due to the monopoies of war traders who hide fuel and sell it at high prices during winter.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumed a ground offensive against Islamic State (ISIS) in its last foothold near Iraqi border, weeks after it suspended the operation due to Turkish shelling of northern Syria.
After the defeat of ISIS' in the city of Fallujah, Iraqi Railways began rehabilitating their trains and railroads in order to revive the Baghdad-Fallujah Railway. Officials hope that the revival of this railway will help erase ISIS' painful legacy amongst the ctiy's residents.
The Civil Council of the city of Raqqa in Syria is working on renovating and beautifying al-Sa'ah Square in the centre of the city. The Square was the spot that ISIS used to carry out many field executions against civilians.
Assyrian women hold a conference in Qamishli to discuss ways to empower women in the community in northern areas of Syria.
Documents left behind by ISIS in the city of Fallujah in Iraq reveal ISIS' brutality towards that residents of the city. The militant organisation's court punished citizens for smoking, owning satellite dishes and any means of technology.