Former members of the 133 rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine Army National Guard gathered in Winthrop on Sunday to mark the 20 th anniversary of their deployment to Iraq. Over 500 Guard soldiers were …
Strengthening the Social Contract in Iraq
Strengthening the Social Contract in Iraq Over 120 of the Iraq’s primary stakeholders and thought leaders came together during the country’s 1st consultation session on the development of the National …
Date farmers in Iraq’s Diyala overjoyed by produce abundance
Khalis, Diyala province, are happy that their date produce this year is of high quality and in abundance. The fruit is considered an Iraqi national symbol. Al-Khalis is known for being home to a …
The Story of the Iraqi Jews in a Nutshell
Under the rule of the Parthians, who succeeded the Babylonians, the Jews enjoyed relative autonomy and participated in trade, agriculture, and intellectual activities. The rise of the Sassanid Empire …
Nepali woman held hostage in Iraq for three years; mother pleads for rescue
Kamala Murmu, 30, a resident of Arjundhara Municipality-6, has been held hostage by an unknown gang in Iraq, her mother said while making an appeal for her rescue.
Iraq-Peshmerga joint brigades to start operations soon
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – With funds from the federal budget approved, joint brigades between the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces are expected to start operations within the next month, a …
Officials Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Deadly Attack on UN Headquarters in Iraq
The Aug. 19, 2003, truck bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, which housed the U.N. headquarters in Iraq at the time, killed 22 U.N. staff including the head, Sergio Vieira de Mello, a rising …
Advancing the Iraq-Gulf collaborative agenda
Iraq’s ambitions to balance its economic and electricity relations were given a boost when Jasim Mohammed al-Budaiwi, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of Bahrain …
On This Day: U.N. rep. to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello killed
Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations’ representative to Iraq, was killed in a car-bomb attack on U.N. headquarters in Iraq.
Mysterious US Military Movements in Iraq… Syria a Possible Target
Photos of US military convoys moving in separate cities are circulating on the local media in Iraq amid reports that the Shiite factions are “aware of an imminent operation, and have been asked to …