Why Iraq Needs Immediate Action on Climate Change
Al-Monitor Adnan Abu Zeed / BAGHDAD — Iraq faces many threats to its environment, not the least of which are...
Thematic Issues
Open letter: Request to withdraw from the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf/Turkey
+++ Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, Turkey +++ Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, Turkey +++ Hasankeyf Matters, Turkey +++ Save the Tigris...
Extractivism, environmental migration and water conflict: civil society reflects at the COP22
By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 2016 will be the hottest year recorded in human history,...
Iraq’s Marsh Arabs more optimistic after World Heritage status
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 23 November 2016 The Marshlands of Mesopotamia in southern Iraq are a rare aquatic landscape...
After Daeesh kidnap and oppression, Iraqi girls eager to get lives back
The first thing Iraqi teenager Afrah did when she escaped Daeesh captivity near Mosul was to remove her face veil...
Roundtable opens door for Iraqi reporting on the killing journalists and the issue of impunity
UNESCO Office for Iraq Baghdad, 2 November 2016 – a meeting of 15 senior officials from government, the Council of...
Save the Tigris, Euphrates and Marshes from climate change and unsustainable water policies: a message to the COP22
Message to the COP22 Climate Change Summit in Marrakech, Morocco The team of Humat Dijla, one the main partners of...
‘Crashing waves’ of jihadists fray soldiers’ nerves in Mosul battle
By Dominic Evans and Ahmed Rasheed | BAGHDAD – Reuters A week after his tank division punched through Islamic...
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Iraqi Kurdistan’s ‘Superstar’ Politicians Fight Corruption – But Do They Do Any Good?
Political celebs, from left to right: Farsat Sofi, Ali Hama Salih, Soran Omar, Sherko Jawdat, Izzat Saber. Maaz Farhan...
Dam construction in Iraqi Kurdistan: 2 case studies
By our partner Waterkeepers Iraq Surqawshan Dam east of Dukan & Basara Dam in Delezha, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq These...
KRG: Men, Boys Fleeing Fighting Arbitrarily Detained
HRW(Beirut) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) security forces are arbitrarily detaining men and boys ages 15 and over who are fleeing...
Civilians Must be Protected in Mosul, Regardless of their Religion
On 18th October, Geneva Call in partnership with Un Ponte Per, Public Aid Organization and Norwegian People’s Aid, organized a...