Iraqi Army Sets Sights on Fallujah, Mosul
Mustafa al-Kadhimi – Al-monitor On the evening of April 2, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of Tikrit from the...
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PAX Iraq Alert: Post-ISIS peacebuilding strategy needed now
Dutch peace organisation PAX is highly concerned that there is no peacebuilding strategy to complement military operations combating ISIS. The...
Marriage Mosul-Style: Love in the Time of the “Caliphate”!
niqash | Khales Joumah | Mosul Despite restrictions of life under extremist rule and an uncertain future, locals in Mosul...
Lies and Crazy Rumours: What Iraqis Believe About the USA
niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad Iraq’s security crisis has caused local media to take sides more than ever. Amid...
More Travel Restrictions: Extremists Hold Civilians ‘Hostage’ in Mosul
niqash | Mosul The Islamic State group recently re-issued rules about who could and could not leave the city they...
Flurry of IS Attacks Divert Iraqi Army’s Attention
Al-Monitor – Mushreq Abbas Contradiction prevails in official announcements regarding the course of the battles against the Islamic State (IS) and...
Iraq … A Country in the Throes of Transformation and State Building
Oday Hatem Nearly 12 years after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, which was supposed to bring about a transition...
Iraq: Militias Escalate Abuses, Possibly War Crimes
Human Rights Watch – New York Killings, Kidnappings, Forced Evictions Abuses by militias allied with Iraqi security forces in Sunni...
Iraq Financial Crisis Prompts Emergency Action
By: BEN VEN HEUVELEN / Iraq Oil Report Iraq is pursuing a series of emergency measures to finance its 2015 budget, following...
Join Iraqi activists at the World Social Forum! (Tunis, 24-28 March 2015)
In 2015, four years after the Arab spring, the World Social Forum (WSF) will gather again in Tunis, from March...
The Situation of Iraqi Women Facing Both State Repression and the Brutality of Daaesh
Yanar Mohammed President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom Paper Prepared for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway, October 2014 Currently,...
Stuck Between Extremist Rocks and Militias’ Hard Place, Iraqis on Frontlines’ All Spies and Traitors’
niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad There are daily battles between pro-government forces in Iraq and the extremist Islamic State...