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The Cross-Sectarian, King-Making Alliance Planned For Next Iraqi Elections

The Cross-Sectarian, King-Making Alliance Planned For Next Iraqi Elections

Mustafa Habib / Niqash One of Iraq’s most powerful political groupings, the Sadrist movement, is trying to form a new...

  • Civil Society News
The Colour Of Peace: The Young Artists Erasing Extremist History In Central Iraq

The Colour Of Peace: The Young Artists Erasing Extremist History In Central Iraq

Kamal al-Ayash, Niqash A group of art students and their teacher is traveling around Fallujah, erasing slogans on schools and...

  • Civil Society News
Amnesty says Iraq and Allies Violated International Law in Mosul Battle

Amnesty says Iraq and Allies Violated International Law in Mosul Battle

Source: Reuters Reporting by: Stephen Kalin; Editing by Paul Tait Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern...

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After Cutting of Water Flows, Iraqis Turn to Protest against Iranian Dams

After Cutting of Water Flows, Iraqis Turn to Protest against Iranian Dams

This week, a group of protesters demonstrated near the Iranian Consulate in Sulaymaniyah. Their issue: Iranian dams that have stemmed...

  • Environment
The Fight for the Northern Iraq-Syria Border

The Fight for the Northern Iraq-Syria Border

Michael Knights – Washington Institute At the symbolic level, Iran and its proxies are achieving great success in planting their flags...

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Iraq Alert: Breaking the Cycle of Division, Justice for all Iraqis

Iraq Alert: Breaking the Cycle of Division, Justice for all Iraqis

Report by PAX and Impunity Watch This Alert addresses worrying trends observed in current stabilisation and transitional justice efforts in...

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Iraqi Poets Reclaim Streets

Iraqi Poets Reclaim Streets

Omar al-Jaffal – Al Monitor Graffiti artists paint a wall as part of the “The Walls are not for the Clash...

  • Iraqi Voices
The Border Wetlands of Iran-Iraq: an Environmental Crisis with Regional Consequences

The Border Wetlands of Iran-Iraq: an Environmental Crisis with Regional Consequences

By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris Campaign For years experts have warned of the destructive impact of Iran’s policies of...

  • Environment
EU: Boycott the so-called international conference on ‘A Future for Christians in Iraq’

EU: Boycott the so-called international conference on ‘A Future for Christians in Iraq’

change.org   Three years have passed since our Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people were forcibly driven out of their ancestral lands in the...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Protest against Bresser at its Dutch Headquarters: Withdraw from Relocation of Hasankeyf Monuments

Protest against Bresser at its Dutch Headquarters: Withdraw from Relocation of Hasankeyf Monuments

+++ DEM-NED (Council of Communities from Kurdistan in Netherlands) +++ Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, Turkey +++ Hasankeyf Matters, Turkey...

  • Environment
Tahlaya, The Iraqi Social Forum Celebrates Ramadan

Tahlaya, The Iraqi Social Forum Celebrates Ramadan

On the occasion of Ramadan, the Iraqi Social Forum held a celebration at the Burj Babel Organization in Baghdad.The evening...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
When Heritage in Iraq Becomes a Strategic Asset: From Conflict Target to Marker of Peace

When Heritage in Iraq Becomes a Strategic Asset: From Conflict Target to Marker of Peace

Paper prepared prior to the 2017 meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Krakow, Poland, 2-12 July 2017. The...

  • Environment