The Euphrates in Crisis: Channels of Cooperation for a Threatened River
Chatham House The Euphrates’ existing resource security challenges have been compounded by upheaval in Syria and Iraq. Without urgent attention,...
Thematic Issues
Solidarity Center : Iraqi Trade Unions Continue Their Ongoing Struggle for Rights
BAGHDAD – May 27, 2015 The international organization, Solidarity Center, has issued a new newsletter entitled ‘Iraqi Trade Unions Bulletin’....
On the Battlefields of Antique Art
In his First Newspaper Interview, Robert Hecht, The World’s Leading Dealer in Antiquities, Talks to Geraldine Norman in Defence of...
‘We Don’t Trust Anyone’: Iraq’s Displaced Minorities Not Ready To Return Home
Niqash Even though the extremist group Islamic State has lost ground in Iraq, displaced minority groups are not returning home....
Iraq Counts on Magic Wands to Stop ISIS
Source: thedailybeast Despite warnings they didn’t work, Baghdad bought $85 million worth of gadgets that supposedly detect explosives. Today, two years...
Youth With #Shahrazad
Baghdad youth Camp implemented in March 2015 On the morning of Thursday, 6 March 2015, the Iraqi Social Forum opened...
Kurdistan Region of Iraq 2020 – A Vision for the Future: Water and Sanitation for a Growing Economy
Document released by the Iraqi Kurdistan Ministry of Planning, May 2015 Vision Water security for all, and water and sanitation services...
IRAQ – Mounting Deadly Danger for Journalists in Iraq
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS Reporters Without Borders is deeply worried by journalist Raed Al-Joubouri’s murder at his Baghdad home last week...
Open Letter to the Iraqi Government, the Kurdistan Regional Government from the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign
PRESS RELEASE: May 12, 2015 Iraq faces a growing water emergency. Frequent water shortages, due to chronic mismanagement, have intensified...
A New Chapter in Iraqi-Turkish Transboundary Water Relations
Assist. Prof. Vakur Sümer, ORSAM Advisor, Selçuk University Several weeks after the resignation of previous Iraqi administration in August, Turkish President Erdoğan...
Erbil hosts international and Iraqi activists for the Strategy Meeting of the Save the Tigris Campaign
Prior to the Save the Tigris Campaign Strategy Meeting, 9-11 May, Erbil, Iraq The current political and security crisis in...
Collective Celebration of Workers’Day in Baghdad
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative spreads the message of Iraqi unions and civil society organizations on May 1st Celebrations...