Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves
MARCUS WEISGERBER – Defense One Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number...
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Iraq: Are Women Going To Be Represented in the New Cabinet?
Muhamed Hassan – Feb 22, 2016 – Immersed in Thinking Blog. Iraqi politics has been sharply defined by the absence...
A Shocking Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Nasiriyah — We Demand that the Offenders be held Accountable!
Istanbul – February 2016 Statement released by the Iraqi Social Forum and The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) ...
Post-Daesh Problems: Diyala Province Undergoing Violent Ethnic and Sectarian Cleansing
Aida Al-Khatib – Niqash Locals in Diyala province say the area is undergoing ethnic and sectarian “cleansing”. Sunnis are not...
Kemal Erdogan’s Second Turkish Revolution
Soner Cagaptay – Washington Institute The Turkish leader seems intent on uprooting the Ottoman legacy and restoring Islam’s central role. Turkish...
Sectarian is A Widespread Plague over the Digital Space
From the Study of Alexandra Siegel on Sectarianism and Counter Sectarianism Online Carnegie Endowment for Internationals Peace From fiery sermons...
A Clear Violation of Freedom of Expression in Iraqi Kurdistan!
On the morning of Sunday 31 January 2016, in front of the Kurdistan Region Parliament – Iraq, in its capital,...
What’s Next for Anbar?
Omar Sattar – AlMonitor Baghdad — The city of Ramadi was liberated on Dec. 28, and Iraqi security troops accompanied by...
In the Regional Power Struggle, has Erbil Decided to Join the Sunni Bloc?
Frzand Sherko – fikraforum The security of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI) depends more on agreements between Erbil and Kurdistan’s neighbors than the...
AI Report on Northern Iraq: Banished and Dispossessed
A report by Amnesty International, Jan 20, 2016. Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdish militias in...
Land Transport Company Management Fires on Employees and Workers Demonstrating for their Rights
By ICSSI, Jan 31, 2016. Employees and workers of the General Company for Land Transport demonstrated on January 25 in...
What will happen to Iraq’s Mandaeans?
By Saad Salloum – Al monitor – Jan 19, 2016. BAGHDAD — Unlike other religious minorities in Iraq, Sabian Mandaeans meet...