The ''Iraq Sun'' is an

online newspaper An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical. Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...

servicing in Iraq. Its September 2002 origins preceded the

2003 invasion The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...

. The online publication is part of a network of news sites operating around the globe. The online site's slogan is “the voice of the Iraqi Nation.” The main topic is Iraq, with a particular focus on events in Baghdad and other major cities, as well as international news and coverage of other topics including

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

news. ''Iraq Sun'' is administered by global media group Midwest Radio Network, which is headquartered in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

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with offices in the United Arab Emirates. The group's digital platform is described as a network of eNewspapers - modeled on newspaper-type names and layout. Domain names were registered in 2002 with sites being rolled out from 2003. The network has approximately 135 sites. The publication provides RSS feeds, daily email bulletins and facilitates news release publishing. The ''Iraq Sun'' online newspaper is unrelated to a Dearborn Heights, Michigan conventional newspaper which began publishing in 2005 by Iraq Media Inc. to serve Iraqi and Arab people living in Detroit, Southfield, Michigan, Oak Park, Michigan,

Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan, and one of Detroit's core suburbs. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 134,346. It is the second largest suburb in Metro Detroit, and the fourth la ...

, Farmington, Michigan,

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...

, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Westland, Michigan,

Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...

, Inkster, Michigan, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California. Now defunct, the former newspaper was a 24-page bi-weekly free newspaper, supported solely by advertising. It printed 15,000 to 20,000 copies each issue and was edited by Emad Al-kasid.

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