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...
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Fake Travel Agencies Cheat Iraqi Immigrants with Thousands of Dollars
Source: ijrda Baghdad/ Mohammed al-Jbouri Six years elapsed , Mazin is still travelling between Iraq and Syria in search for...
Year in Review: Iraq is Still There in Body, But Not in Spirit!
niqash |Baghdad The past year in Iraq is not easy to review. The assorted crises, both in security and politics,...
Coping With Success Against ISIS
James F. Jeffrey – The Washington Institute Although Washington should have no illusions about resolving the region’s wider problems, it...
Iraq: Dire Winter Conditions Expose Shocking Gaps in Humanitarian Assistance for Thousands Displaced
Source: Amnesty A lack of coordination and major gaps in humanitarian assistance is causing untold hardship for many of the...
A Brutal “Torture Report,” but No Accountability!
Source: Truthout The long-awaited “torture report” released today by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s top secret, post-9/11 torture...
STOP TORTURE: Accountability: YES – Impunity: NO!
Source: brussellstribunal This petition will be delivered to: US Government – International Criminal Court – President of the UN General Assembly...
A New Northern Frontline Where Iraq’s Kurds and Shiites are Facing Off!
niqash | Sulaymaniyah In Iraq’s northern disputed territories, minor skirmishes, rumours of looting, arson and speculation about political power plays...
Civil Society, Civil Forces and the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq
Ismael Dawood The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Paper prepared for ICSSI conference in Oslo – Norway – 2014 ...
‘Ghost’ Soldiers, Funding Issues, Lack of Morale, Unity Shatter Iraqi Army!
According to the recently revealed results of a governmental investigation, practically every fifth soldier of the Iraqi armed forces existed...
Abdul-Mahdi: Now Real Work Begins for Baghdad, Erbil!
Cengiz Çandar – Al-monitor Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq’s former vice president and current oil minister in Haider al-Abadi’s government, spotted me aboard...
Labor legislation in Iraq: between reality and the future
Wesam Chaseb Ouda Iraq’s program Manager – Baghdad, International Solidarity Center This document prepared for the ICSSI conference, Oslo , Norway –...