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Iraq: Conflict Alert

Iraq: Conflict Alert

By International Crisis Group, Baghdad/Brussels, 24 August 2015. A wave of protests has brought Iraq to the edge of yet...

  • Nonviolence
Will Abadi’s Reforms Work?

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,...

  • Civil Society News
Announcing the Iraqi Social Forum 2015. Join us in Baghdad!

Announcing the Iraqi Social Forum 2015. Join us in Baghdad!

Iraqi Social Forum on Coexistence and Civil Peace. Baghdad, 1-3 October 2015. As Iraq experiences escalating violence that has resulted...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Videos on demonstrations in Baghdad

Videos on demonstrations in Baghdad

ICSSI – Baghdad, August 14, 2015 Iraqi people are demonstrating this evening against corruption in Baghdad, even if a truck...

  • Nonviolence
Iraqi Social Forum: Victory of anti-corruption protests in Iraq

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...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Reading for the Law of Protecting Minorties in Kurdistan Region – Iraq

Reading for the Law of Protecting Minorties in Kurdistan Region – Iraq

Erbil – August 2015 Minorities rights is considered as one of the critical issues in Kurdistan region and the region...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Iraqis protest over Baghdad heatwave power cuts

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...

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After ISIS: Perspectives of Displaced Communities from Ninewa on Return to Iraq’s Disputed Territory

After ISIS: Perspectives of Displaced Communities from Ninewa on Return to Iraq’s Disputed Territory

A Report by the Dutch Organization PAX published in June 2015. Executive Summary  Recently, military developments and international involvement have...

  • Civil Society News
Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Launches its New Website and Improves Its Digital Security

Azidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Launches its New Website and Improves Its Digital Security

ICSSI July 2015 “The league is no longer worried about its electronic archives, and we are now much batter able...

  • Human Rights
Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

Halabja group launches ‘Summer of Peace’

By Osamah Golpy – Rudaw HALABJA, Halabja province – A new peace organization in Halabja is overcoming linguistic differences to...

  • Iraqi Voices
Is Maliki making a comeback?

Is Maliki making a comeback?

Ali Mamouri Al-Monitor While serving his second term as prime minister in February 2011, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told...

  • Iraqi Voices
Civilians Flee Extremist Rule in Hawija, Dodging Checkpoints And Frontlines

Civilians Flee Extremist Rule in Hawija, Dodging Checkpoints And Frontlines

Shalaw Mohammed As extremists rule harshly and coalition airstrikes hit, there’s a mass exodus of civilians out of Hawija. And...

  • Human Rights