Anbar Residents are Caught in a Nightmare, The Government is Making it Worse!

Anbar Residents are Caught in a Nightmare, The Government is Making it Worse!

(Baghdad) – The Iraqi government is exacerbating a humanitarian crisis in Anbar Province by hindering residents from leaving areas where...

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Before Iraq Election, Shi’ite Militias Unleashed in War on Sunni Insurgents

Before Iraq Election, Shi’ite Militias Unleashed in War on Sunni Insurgents

BY NED PARKER, AHMED RASHEED AND RAHEEM SALMAN Reuters The Sunni militants who seized the riverside town of Buhriz late...

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Syrians and Iraqis protest the kurdish ‘Berlin wall’

Syrians and Iraqis protest the kurdish ‘Berlin wall’

niqash | Abdul-Khaleq Dosky | Dohuk  To better protect their borders, authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan are digging a large trench...

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WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND

WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND

An increasingly authoritarian leader, a return of sectarian violence, and a nation worried for its future. BY DEXTER FILKINS, Newyorker On...

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Will a New Force Emerge in Iraq?

Will a New Force Emerge in Iraq?

The fact that political entities have not yielded anyone with an alternate vision reflects the nature of post-2003 Iraqi politics...

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Iraqi Secularists Under Attack Ahead of Elections!

Iraqi Secularists Under Attack Ahead of Elections!

Ali Mamouri – AlMonitor Kadhem al-Haeri, a cleric who has close ties with the Islamic Dawa Party and the Iranian regime,...

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Iraq Votes 2014: Election Posters Reveal Hidden Messages, New Alliances, Surprising Strategies

Iraq Votes 2014: Election Posters Reveal Hidden Messages, New Alliances, Surprising Strategies

Niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad Campaigning for Iraq’s elections started last week. Almost immediately the nation’s streets were covered...

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Interview Gertrude Bell Documentary: ‘She Would be Unhappy with Iraq Today’

Interview Gertrude Bell Documentary: ‘She Would be Unhappy with Iraq Today’

Victorian-era explorer Gertrude Bell contributed much to the making of what is now modern Iraq. And now Western popular culture...

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Ja’fari Law Takes the Iraqi Government’s Violation of Women’s Rights to a New Level

Ja’fari Law Takes the Iraqi Government’s Violation of Women’s Rights to a New Level

Marriage at age nine, legalising marital rape – this bill breaches UN conventions and is degrading for Iraqi men and...

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Kurdish Journalist Still in Prison in Slemani / Don’t Critizise APO!

Kurdish Journalist Still in Prison in Slemani / Don’t Critizise APO!

ARA News – Urfa, Turkey This is the second time he was arrested. / Syrian journalist detained in Iraqi Kurdistan...

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Najaf’s Shiite Seminaries Enter 21st Century

Najaf’s Shiite Seminaries Enter 21st Century

Ali Mamouri – AlMonitor The Shiite seminary (hawza) in Najaf witnessed huge developments in its educational program in the mid-20th...

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Iraqi Elections, Iranian Interests

Iraqi Elections, Iranian Interests

Kenneth M. Pollack Iran@SABAN A major event for Iran is barely a month away, though few in Washington seem to...

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