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The US has carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.

The unidentified child, from Duhok city, Iraq, has a rare condition called triphallia and it was only diagnosed after three months when his parents discovered swelling in his scrotum Experts say the boy has a rare condition called triphallia, the first case ever reported in the world.

Pope Francis has landed in war-torn Iraq despite terrorism and Covid fears in a controversial and risky trip.

Pope Francis starts a historic trip to war-battered Iraq on Friday, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian communities.

The Vatican’s ambassador to Iraq Mitja Leskovar has tested positive for Covid-19, two officials told AFP Sunday, just days before Pope Francis’ historic visit.

The Israeli airstrikes in eastern Syria were carried out with intelligence provided by the United States, an American official says Israeli airstrikes killed fifty-seven people in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said after originally reporting twenty-three fatalities.