IRAQ: CHOICES AT THE TOP
BY DEXTER FILKINS The New Yorker president Obama won the White House in part by promising to end the war in...
Civil Society News
News, articles and information about Iraqi civil society
Challengers Emerge to Replace Divisive Maliki
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and ROD NORDLAND The New York Times BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials said Thursday that political leaders...
Iraq’s problems are not timeless. The U.S. is responsible.
Boston Review Eight years ago, Nir Rosen made a startling prediction in the pages of Boston Review: Sunnis will be...
Inside Baghdad After Isis Attack: Guns, Rumours and Rising Prices
Niqash | Kholoud Ramzi | In Baghdad, embassies are shutting down, the Internet has been turned off, there’s a checkpoint...
Militants lay siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic militants laid siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility...
A Voice From Inside Mosul
Interview by the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), with an Iraqi human rights defender (“QC”) from Mosul – the...
Mosul, Kirkuk ,Salahuddin and Diyala: Protecting Civilians and Providing Relief to Displaced Families Must Come First!
With Mosul, areas of Salahuddin and Kirkuk out of Iraqi government control, the situation for civilians there and in Iraq...
IN EXTREMISTS’ IRAQ RISE, AMERICA’S LEGACY
BY DEXTER FILKINS Newyorker First Falluja, then Mosul, and now the oil-refinery town of Bayji. The rapid advance of Al...
How did Extremists Take Over one of Iraq’s Biggest Cities in Just Five Days?
inside Mosul: how did extremists take over one of iraq’s biggest cities in just five days? Niqash Mosul From the...
Militants Overrun Iraqi Provincial Government Headquarters, Other Areas in City of Mosul!
By: SAMEER N. YACOUB and ADAM SCHRECK – Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and army forces abandoned their posts...
Transitional Justice Fails in Iraq
Ali Mamouri – Almonitor Transitional justice is an important and decisive phase for societies liberated from a long era of dictatorial...
Humanitarian Crisis Spreads to Northern Iraq amid Critical Funding Shortages
NCCI, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 For months, NGOs and UN agencies operating in different parts of Iraq have been calling...