Water Scarcity and Environmental Peacebuilding: A Lens on Southern Iraq
Rising demand for water amid Iraq’s soaring population has put significant pressure on already limited resources.
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Iraqi Man Accused of War Crimes Is Arrested in Belgium
The man is believed to have been part of a Qaeda terrorist cell that was partly responsible for bombings that killed at least 376 people in Iraq in 2009 and 2010.
Iraq says seeking to broker ceasefire in Russo-Ukrainian war
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stated on Monday that Baghdad wants to be part of the solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine through dialogue.
Iraq calls on Turkey to apologize over attack on Sulaymaniyah airport
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has condemned the recent shelling of Sulaymaniyah airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region by the Turkish military. He has urged Ankara to cease hostilities and apologize for bombarding the area.
UN says up to 1 million people ‘disappeared’ in Iraq over last 50 years
The United Nations says up to one million people have “disappeared” in Iraq over the past five decades. The world body has urged Baghdad to take immediate action to end the enforced disappearances in the Arab country.
Only official civilian victim of UK’s bombing campaign against IS appears not to exist
Contradictions over missions in Syria and Iraq deepens concern over Britain’s ‘perfect’ precision warIt sounded like accountability. Pressed about the UK’s implausibly spotless record in its bombing campaign against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the…
Corruption is the forgotten legacy of the Iraq invasion
Twenty years after the American-led invasion, Iraq’s seventh prime minister, Mohammad Al-Sudani, has declared corruption to be one of the biggest challenges facing the nation, describing it as “no less serious than the threat of terrorism.” Many of Iraq’s 43 million citizens agree with Sudani, as evidenced by both public opinion polling and by widespread…
RAF airstrikes killed 29 civilians in Iraq and Syria in two years, analysis suggests
Report says UK armed service has ‘major questions to answer’ about conduct in war against Islamic StateTwenty-nine civilians are feared to have been killed in nine RAF airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between 2016 and 2018, 10 more than previous estimates,…
From Bush to Blix: what happened to the key figures in the Iraq war?
The ex-president is a painter, his VP an avid fly fisher, while Tony Blair has built a property empire. They appear unrepentantUS president who ordered invasion of Iraq has turned to painting Continue reading…