The Jerusalem Post | There's no such thing as precise air strikes in modern warfare – just look at the civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria The Independent The final elimination of Isis in Iraq and Syria is close, but welcome though the defeat of these monstrous movements may be, it has only been achieved at the cost of great destruction and loss of life. This is the new face of war which governments try ... Anti-ISIS coalition looks to stabilize Iraq and eastern Syria as war winds down |
“I felt like a prisoner”: Spousal violence in Iraq UNFPA News ERBIL, Iraq – “There are lots of setbacks in life, but what matters is standing up again,” said 33-year-old Cojine*. She would know. She endured years of spousal abuse. It began four years ago, when a classmate asked her to marry him. She agreed. Her ... |
Aljazeera.com | How ISIL changed the oil map of Iraq | Kurds | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com The last three years dramatically reshaped the oil map in Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer. The dust from the military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) will take weeks if not months to settle, and ... UPDATE 1-Iraq's November oil exports from south average 3.5 mln bpd -oil official Iraq's November oil exports from south increase After Islamic State, Baghdad cannot govern Iraq from centre |
Reliefweb | Iraq: Earthquake Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF n°: MDRIQ009 Reliefweb Indirect beneficiaries are people indirectly affected in the neighboring communities, either by having to host or otherwise support direct beneficiaries. Indirect beneficiaries were supported with food and hygiene kits. b) Iraq worked around the clock ... |
St.Louis Review | Iraq Christians' status more stable but still precarious St.Louis Review Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Irbil, Iraq, in the Kurdistan region in the country's north, said in 2014, when Islamic State made its first territorial gains, "we found ourselves suddenly caring for 15,000 Christian families, not including ... Assyrian School in Iraq Welcomes Muslim Students |
The Jerusalem Post | Why Israel ignores Iraq The Jerusalem Post Why does Israel ignore Iraq? Until 2003, Israel considered Iraq a major security threat. With the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq was discarded as a major threat and naturally, Israeli interest in it, on both security and political levels, was somehow ... |
Open Democracy | In search of cardinal virtues in Iraq Open Democracy Bullets on the ground in Mosul, Iraq, 01 June 2017. Picture by Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images. All right reserved. I arrived in Baghdad in November 2013. It was part of my doctoral research on the afterlives of the Iraqi Baʿth state's al ... |
Rudaw | Siemens signs multi-million euro contract with Iraq to modernize power plants Rudaw The project will oversee upgrade services and maintenance of four power plants with a total of seven power generating units in the Middle Euphrates, Middle Region, Salahadin and South Basra regions. AFP photo. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – In a plan to ... |
Egypttoday (blog) | May becomes first British PM to visit Iraq in almost a decade Egypttoday (blog) CAIRO – 1 December 2017: Theresa May became, on Wednesday, the first British Prime Minister to visit Iraq in almost a decade after the latest visit by Gordon Brown in 2008. May visited military installations in the country, where UK military personnel ... |
Los Angeles Times | Judge pushes US to explain why it's holding an American citizen in secret in Iraq Los Angeles Times Saying she didn't want to rely on news reports, Chutkan repeatedly pressed Wyer to declare whether the American has been advised of his rights to keep silent and see a lawyer and whether he wants a lawyer to challenge his detention in Iraq. Wyer said ... Justice Dept. reveals American accused of fighting for ISIS wants a lawyer |