"Iraq on Monday officially banned alcohol in social clubs and hotels—among the last venues serving booze—in what might be the last step in the country's drawn-out process of stamping out alcohol."
"Alcohol has a long, on-and-off history in Iraq... Modern-day Iraq is also home to what might be the world's oldest-known tavern."
"In the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, bars were shuttered during the years when it was controlled by the Islamic State, which strictly enforced a ban."
"Still, alcohol has been accessible in Baghdad over the past two decades, sold in liquor stores by licensed non-Muslims including Christians and Yazidis... It is also legal in Iraqi Kurdistan."
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