UK to Adopt Hague Convention to Protect Artefacts in War Zones
Source: BBC A major international agreement designed to protect cultural property during military conflict is to be finally ratified by...
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We Stand Together With Iraqi Civil Society Activists!
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The Erbil strategy meeting and the way forward for the Save the Tigris campaign
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Significant Growth in the Phenomenon of Domestic Violence in Iraq: 90% of Victims are Women!
Shafaq News Female judges confirmed significant growth in the phenomenon of domestic violence in the country, and pointed out that...
Probing Daesh’s sex Atrocities with the United Nations
Middle East Eye speaks with Zainab Bangura, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, about the latest Daash crimes...
The Euphrates in Crisis: Channels of Cooperation for a Threatened River
Chatham House The Euphrates’ existing resource security challenges have been compounded by upheaval in Syria and Iraq. Without urgent attention,...
Solidarity Center : Iraqi Trade Unions Continue Their Ongoing Struggle for Rights
BAGHDAD – May 27, 2015 The international organization, Solidarity Center, has issued a new newsletter entitled ‘Iraqi Trade Unions Bulletin’....
On the Battlefields of Antique Art
In his First Newspaper Interview, Robert Hecht, The World’s Leading Dealer in Antiquities, Talks to Geraldine Norman in Defence of...
Baghdadis Live with Constant Threat of Violence
Baghdad – Al monitor Cafe Ridha Alwan in central Baghdad’s Karrada district was packed with customers, mostly intellectuals, when an explosion rang out May 2 followed...