In Iraq the Tribes are going Nuts
Muhamed Hassan Basra is breathing a sigh of relief for a little while following a lull in fighting among tribal...
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The Mosul Dam and the Italian Role. What are the Risks?
Press release by Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign, January 20th 2016. 1. Mosul Dam, the largest dam in...
Turkey-Daesh: Is the Honeymoon Over?
Muhamed Hassan How do we evaluate the relationship between Turkey and Daesh after the deadly Istanbul explosion that is ‘caused...
HRW on Iraq: Ethnic Fighting Endangers Civilians
A report by Human Rights Watch released on January 13, 2016. Kurdish and Shia Turkmen armed groups have repeatedly harmed...
Neglect May Do What Daesh Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam
The New York Times – MICHAEL R. GORDON More than 16 months after Iraqi and Kurdish forces reclaimed Mosul Dam from...
Iraqi Kurdistan: Lack of Democracy Overshadows Dream of Independence
Muhamed Hassan Iraqi Kurds are hungry for independence. If things had not turned sour after Daesh seized Mosul in summer...
Who Stole the Mysterious Baghdad Battery?
Mohamed altaher – arabic.rt With the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraq has lost many of its rare archaeological treasures,...
IRAQ: What Lies Ahead in 2016?
By Muhamed Hassan, Jan 3, 2016. After more than a decade of mismanaging the economy, public sector workers in Iraq...
Masarat: Report on Iraqi Minority’s Rights Violations
Masarat has launched the English copy of its firs report about rights violations of Iraqi minorities, which consists of 144...
The Employee Commission of the Southern Oil Company: The state of the Southern Oil Company and, more broadly, the entire Oil Sector within Iraq is Deteriorating
Basra Wednesday, 23 December 2015 The Employee Commission of the Southern Oil Company held a large demonstration on the morning...
Iraq: Daesh Atrocities Fuelled by Decades of Reckless Arms Trading
Source: Amnesty International, December 2015. Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well as lax controls on the...
Messy Missions: Uncoordinated Diplomacy Takes Iraqi Kurdish Political Crisis to the World
Kawa Sheikh-Abdulla Niqash – Sulaimaniya Three diplomatic missions left Iraqi Kurdistan over the last fortnight. But they only served to...