Iraqi soldiers in Jurf al-Sakhar, Iraq, in August as they moved against Islamic State fighters. The Shiite-dominated security forces were aided by militias.

Sunnis Fear Permanent Displacement From Iraqi Town

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Jurf al-Sakhar was recaptured from the Islamic State, but now Shiite-dominated forces say Sunnis cannot return to their homes for at least eight months.

Couple Tried in Qatar Feared Further Delays After Acquittal

By RICK GLADSTONE

Matthew and Grace Huang of Los Angeles faced a two-year legal struggle after the death of their adopted daughter.

Senate Panel Faces New Obstacle to Release of Torture Report

By MARK MAZZETTI and CARL HULSE

Secretary of State John Kerry warned Senator Dianne Feinstein that the release of the long-delayed review could ignite unrest in the Middle East and endanger hostages.

Discord Persists About Woman Said to Be a Wife of ISIS Chief

By BEN HUBBARD

Lebanese officials say they have detained a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, but Iraqi officials say she was never married to him.

Dhuluiya Journal

Iraqis left Dhuluiya by boat after militants destroyed the two bridges connecting the town, 50 miles north of Baghdad, to Balad.

Under ISIS Fire, Love Conquers

By BEN HUBBARD

A young couple on opposite sides of enemy lines in the town of Dhuluiya pulled off a daring plot to marry.

Suspect Is Held in Killing of American in Abu Dhabi

By BEN HUBBARD

The interior minister of the United Arab Emirates said the suspect had also planted a bomb on the doorstep of an Egyptian-American doctor.

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Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq

By C. J. CHIVERS and JOHN ISMAY

Newly obtained photographs show the handling and sampling of the binary sarin shell taken from an improvised explosive device used against American forces in Baghdad in 2004.

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The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons

By C. J. CHIVERS

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Staff Sgt. James F. Burns in Baghdad in 2004.

The Pentagon kept silent as munitions left over from Saddam Hussein’s war with Iran found new targets from 2004 to 2011: American and Iraqi troops.

Video: Chemical Secrets of the Iraq War

Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era.

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Chemical Weapons in Iraq: Revealing the Pentagon's Long-Held Secrets

Produced by TROY GRIGGS and SHREEYA SINHA

Explore The Times investigation on secret casualties of Iraq’s abandoned chemical weapons, and the Pentagon’s response, including follow-up care for those exposed.

Iraq’s Rarest Weapon

An excerpt of the confidential field guide to Iraq’s unconventional munitions produced by the United Nations showed what it believed was a rare prototype 152-millimeter binary sarin shell.

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International Monitor’s Report on Chemical Weapons Recovery in Iraq

A report prepared by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons detailed the recovery and destruction of 4,530 aging chemical weapons by American forces in Iraq from May 2004 through February 2009.

The museum is within the Al-Mathaf Hotel, and displays 350 artifacts, including tools, coins and jars, from the Islamic, crusader, Roman and Byzantine periods.

Safeguarding Gaza’s Ancient Past

By KATE SHUTTLEWORTH

Jawdat Khoudary, an entrepreneur and collector of art and antiquities, keeps Gaza's rich history available to the public at the Gaza Museum of Archeology.