Iraqis protest Corruption, Lack of Services while Politicians Blame Everyone but Themselves!
Al Monitor – Ali Maamouri The July 16 killing of Muntazar al-Hilfi by police in al-Madina, north of Basra, during...
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Call for solidarity with Iraqi demonstrations
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, August 28, 2015. Thousands of Iraqi people will take the streets of their cities...
Iraq: Conflict Alert
By International Crisis Group, Baghdad/Brussels, 24 August 2015. A wave of protests has brought Iraq to the edge of yet...
Will Abadi’s Reforms Work?
Mustafa Al-kadhimi – Almonitor The Iraqi parliament voted Aug. 11 to approve Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri’s economic,...
Videos on demonstrations in Baghdad
ICSSI – Baghdad, August 14, 2015 Iraqi people are demonstrating this evening against corruption in Baghdad, even if a truck...
Iraqi Social Forum: Victory of anti-corruption protests in Iraq
By the Iraqi Social Forum Secretariat. Baghdad – August 11, 2015. The Iraqi Council of Representatives unanimously voted today on...
Iraqis protest over Baghdad heatwave power cuts
BBC – Middle East Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have taken to the streets of Baghdad to protest against power shortages...
The Need for a Comprehensive Political Strategy to Counter ISIS
Syria & Iraq Alert I: The need for a comprehensive political strategy to counter ISIS. A policy-brief published by the...
Ministries Without Quotas’: New Campaign Against Sectarian Politics
Niqash : Mustafa Habib As levels of violence increase in Iraq’s north, a new campaign in Baghdad provides some positive...
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...
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...
Hasankeyf: Open-air Museum or Last Frontier for Diving?
By Marcello Canepa, April 2014. English translation by ICSSI editor. Overview If ballots are a mirror of reality, administrative elections...