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...
Thematic Issues
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...
New Report Highlights the Disastrous Impact of Daryan Dam on Iraq
Statement by the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 28 October 2016 The Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes...
PAX Iraq Alert IV | October 24th 2016
Mosul: Peacebuilding After ISIS With the offensive on Mosul unfolding, awareness is growing that one day, military groups united in...
The Regional and Domestic Political Context of the Mosul Offensive
Sada – KIRK H. SOWELL qi security forces began direct operations to liberate Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, from...