Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Launches its New Website and Improves Its Digital Security

Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Launches its New Website and Improves Its Digital Security

ICSSI July 2015 “The league is no longer worried about its electronic archives, and we are now much batter able...

  • Human Rights
Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

By Osamah Golpy – Rudaw HALABJA, Halabja province – A new peace organization in Halabja is overcoming linguistic differences to...

  • Iraqi Voices
Is Maliki making a comeback?

Is Maliki making a comeback?

Ali Mamouri Al-Monitor While serving his second term as prime minister in February 2011, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told...

  • Iraqi Voices
Civilians Flee Extremist Rule in Hawija, Dodging Checkpoints And Frontlines

Civilians Flee Extremist Rule in Hawija, Dodging Checkpoints And Frontlines

Shalaw Mohammed As extremists rule harshly and coalition airstrikes hit, there’s a mass exodus of civilians out of Hawija. And...

  • Human Rights
Will Iraq find political allies against Ilisu Dam in Turkey?

Will Iraq find political allies against Ilisu Dam in Turkey?

By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign/ICSSI   Although the construction of Ilisu Dam is nearing its...

  • Environment
Alternatives to War: Eight Things the US Should do Regarding Daesh

Alternatives to War: Eight Things the US Should do Regarding Daesh

By Phyllis Bennis (IPS), 17 March 2015. When it comes to dealing with US policy towards ISIS, there are two...

  • Civil Society News
UN Report on Iraq: Widespread Human Rights Violations and Killing of Civilians Continue Unabated

UN Report on Iraq: Widespread Human Rights Violations and Killing of Civilians Continue Unabated

BAGHDAD/GENEVA (13 July 2015) – A UN report released Monday shows that the conflict in Iraq continues to take a...

  • Civil Society News
Amount of water in the Central Marshes and Al-Hammar Marshes declines to less than 25%

Amount of water in the Central Marshes and Al-Hammar Marshes declines to less than 25%

Al-Mada Press / Dhi Qar The Center for the Restoration of Iraqi Marshes in Dhi Qar province disclosed on Saturday...

  • Environment
Dominican Monk Saves 800 Manuscripts at Risk from Daesh across Kurdistan

Dominican Monk Saves 800 Manuscripts at Risk from Daesh across Kurdistan

Shafaq News Nothing concerned Dominican Iraqi monk Najib Michael from the Dominican Fathers Church in Paris more than saving his...

  • Heritage
No to Harassment, No to Tribal Fusliya!  Iraqi Women Want Their Rights and Freedom!

No to Harassment, No to Tribal Fusliya! Iraqi Women Want Their Rights and Freedom!

Updates on #Shahrazad Campaign – July 2015 Protecting displaced and refugee women from harassment  A forum on the subject of...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Ministerial crisis cell will arive in the Marshes in Dhi Qar next week

Ministerial crisis cell will arive in the Marshes in Dhi Qar next week

Iraqi Media Network News Center (IMN), Baghdad A ministerial crisis cell occupied with the issue of pollution in the Marshes...

  • Environment
Looted in Syria – and Sold in London: The British Antiques Shops Dealing in Artefacts Smuggled by Daesh

Looted in Syria – and Sold in London: The British Antiques Shops Dealing in Artefacts Smuggled by Daesh

When Mark Altaweel agreed to hunt for ‘blood antiquities’ in London dealerships, he was expecting more of a challenge. But...

  • Heritage