Around 41% of eligible voters cast ballots in Iraq’s first local elections in a decade on Monday, state media said, in a vote where the ruling Shi’ite Muslim alliance is expected to extend its hold on …
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade
Baghdad’s streets are nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first provincial elections in a decade …
The United States is bombing Iraq, Syria, and Yemen — again | PennLive letters
Why does the media, in a nation ranked #45th in the world for Press Freedom, protect our criminal ruling class?
Iraq’s financial revenues exceeded $81 billion in 10 months
The Iraqi Ministry of Finance revealed on Monday that the revenues in the federal budget for 10 months exceeded $81 billion.
2023 Yearender: Trends to watch in Iraq in 2024
With the country still held back by multiple conflicts, promises to return Iraq to normality have been making marginal progress, writes …
Women’s Economic Empowerment In Iraq
Within the ongoing research project “The Condition of Life of Women in Iraq and the Kurdistan region”, Dr Ana Cristina Marques analyses the preliminary results focusing on women’s economic empowerment …
Iraq achieves significant progress in combating corruption
The representative of the EU confirmed on Saturday that the Iraqi government has made significant progress in combating corruption.
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade
Iraqis have begun voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council members, who in turn will appoint governors, with the outcome seen as a bellwether for the parliamentary …
‘I’m a former soldier and had to spend six years homeless – the system is broken’
A war hero who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and spent six years homeless after leaving the army says he had been let down by the system. Richard Storer said he was left with nowhere to turn after …
Dollar restrictions weigh on Iraq daily life
Oil-rich Iraq is hardly short of dollars — it has foreign currency reserves of more than $100 billion (93 billion euros). But in its fight against a booming currency black market, Baghdad has imposed …