Minorities Need Protection in Ninawa Governorate: the Shabak are among the most vulnerable
Statement by the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), June 27, 2014 A call for the protection of minorities, and...
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Iraq’s Minorities Left between Scorpions and a Hard Place
Letta Tayler Published in: CNN Sunday wasn’t a good day in northern Iraq’s al-Hamdaniyah district. The previous night, Sunni extremist...
In Breach of Official Advice Meant to Prevent Unnecessary Suffering, US Fired Depleted Uranium at Civilian areas in Iraq
US fired depleted uranium at civilian areas in 2003 Iraq war, report finds The Guardian Dutch peace group Pax says...
The Initiative of Iraqi Intellectuals for the Unity of Iraq
In June 17th 2014, we are a group of Iraqi intellectuals (academics, artists, authors, journalists, and civil activists) from all...
The Iraqi Alliance for Education (IAE) Call for the Protection of Displaced Students and Teaching Staff in North and West Iraq
The Iraqi Alliance for Education (IAE) appeals to: Iraqi Government, KRG government, United Nation and the international community, Iraqi and...
OWFI Statement: On the Occupation of Mosul and the Cities of Western Iraq
Statement published on June 23, 2014, by the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq. The Iraqi society is suffering unprecedented...
IRAQ: CHOICES AT THE TOP
BY DEXTER FILKINS The New Yorker president Obama won the White House in part by promising to end the war in...
Challengers Emerge to Replace Divisive Maliki
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and ROD NORDLAND The New York Times BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials said Thursday that political leaders...
Iraq’s problems are not timeless. The U.S. is responsible.
Boston Review Eight years ago, Nir Rosen made a startling prediction in the pages of Boston Review: Sunnis will be...
Inside Baghdad After Isis Attack: Guns, Rumours and Rising Prices
Niqash | Kholoud Ramzi | In Baghdad, embassies are shutting down, the Internet has been turned off, there’s a checkpoint...
Militants lay siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic militants laid siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility...
A Voice From Inside Mosul
Interview by the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), with an Iraqi human rights defender (“QC”) from Mosul – the...