In the Regional Power Struggle, has Erbil Decided to Join the Sunni Bloc?
Frzand Sherko – fikraforum The security of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI) depends more on agreements between Erbil and Kurdistan’s neighbors than the...
AI Report on Northern Iraq: Banished and Dispossessed
A report by Amnesty International, Jan 20, 2016. Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdish militias in...
Land Transport Company Management Fires on Employees and Workers Demonstrating for their Rights
By ICSSI, Jan 31, 2016. Employees and workers of the General Company for Land Transport demonstrated on January 25 in...
What will happen to Iraq’s Mandaeans?
By Saad Salloum – Al monitor – Jan 19, 2016. BAGHDAD — Unlike other religious minorities in Iraq, Sabian Mandaeans meet...
In Iraq the Tribes are going Nuts
Muhamed Hassan Basra is breathing a sigh of relief for a little while following a lull in fighting among tribal...
The Mosul Dam and the Italian Role. What are the Risks?
Press release by Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign, January 20th 2016. 1. Mosul Dam, the largest dam in...
Turkey-Daesh: Is the Honeymoon Over?
Muhamed Hassan How do we evaluate the relationship between Turkey and Daesh after the deadly Istanbul explosion that is ‘caused...
HRW on Iraq: Ethnic Fighting Endangers Civilians
A report by Human Rights Watch released on January 13, 2016. Kurdish and Shia Turkmen armed groups have repeatedly harmed...
Neglect May Do What Daesh Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam
The New York Times – MICHAEL R. GORDON More than 16 months after Iraqi and Kurdish forces reclaimed Mosul Dam from...
Iraqi Kurdistan: Lack of Democracy Overshadows Dream of Independence
Muhamed Hassan Iraqi Kurds are hungry for independence. If things had not turned sour after Daesh seized Mosul in summer...
Who Stole the Mysterious Baghdad Battery?
Mohamed altaher – arabic.rt With the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraq has lost many of its rare archaeological treasures,...
IRAQ: What Lies Ahead in 2016?
By Muhamed Hassan, Jan 3, 2016. After more than a decade of mismanaging the economy, public sector workers in Iraq...